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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory Fraser Russell, New York, NY (US);
Mark Mentovai, New York, NY (US);
Anthony Julian Aiuto, New York, NY (US);
David Aristizabal, New York, NY (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A data processing device may comprise one or more applications. Based on communication from a particular application, the data processing device may be operable to provide, to the particular application, power consumption information of the data processing device associated with each of a plurality of application states of the particular application and/or information related to one or more power-consuming components in the data processing device. The particular application may register with the data processing device to receive a notification when a power consuming component is available for use. The particular application may also perform operations based on the provided power consumption information and/or the provided information related to the one or more power-consuming components. The plurality of application states may comprise an application idle state and one or more application active states.