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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ceceli Ann Wilhelmi, Seattle, WA (US);
Ricardo Marquez, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ying Huang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Wei Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for battery management in a computing device. The described techniques may be implemented by a battery offline module that provides functionality to control utilization of a battery such as determining whether the battery is available to receive power from a power source. For instance, the battery offline module may receive an input requesting that a battery be taken offline, determine whether system conditions for taking the battery offline are met, and take the battery offline when the system conditions are met such that the battery is not capable of receiving power from a power source of the computing device. In some instances, the battery offline module may cause different powering and charging arrangements between multiple batteries of the computing device. By implementing the battery offline module in the computing device, battery utilization is controlled to improve battery life.