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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Dugan Patents, Llc, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Brian M. Dugan, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Valerie G. Dugan, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Dugan Patents, LLC, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method of reducing power consumption by a mobile telephone includes (1) providing a mobile telephone including a processor, an antenna, and a memory having computer program code; and (2) employing the processor of the mobile telephone and computer program code to (a) determine if the mobile telephone is in a vehicle; and (b) in response to the mobile telephone being in a vehicle, initiate a reduced power sequence in which the mobile telephone repeatedly turns off transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a first time period and turns on transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a second time period. Numerous other aspects are provided.