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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Daniel A. Rogers, San Leandro, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/142 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01); G06F 2201/86 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tool for redundancy and recovery for a mobile device. Responsive to the mobile device unsuccessfully powering up the tool activates a recovery functionality via a physical reset switch on the mobile device. Responsive to activating the recovery functionality, the tool scavenges for at least one resource to support the device functionality for the mobile device, wherein scavenging includes siphoning charge from a battery, a processor complex, or a wiring harness within a main module of the mobile device to accumulate sufficient energy to restore and power the one or more features available on the mobile device.


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