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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Meghan Desai, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dianne Hackborn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amith Yamasani, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Eastham, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/3228 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/329 (2019.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); Y02D 10/171 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/146 (2018.01); Y02D 70/164 (2018.01); Y02D 70/166 (2018.01);
Abstract
The disclosed technology includes techniques for preserving battery life of a mobile device by monitoring a mobile application to determine a state of inactivity. An inactive mobile application may be placed in an idle state that may prevent the mobile application from utilizing one or more resources of the mobile device that may tend to drain the battery.