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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Greatcall, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kotaro Matsuo, San Diego, CA (US);

Joel Stair, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

GreatCall, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04M 1/72541 (2013.01); H04M 1/72577 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 52/027 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of conserving power in a mobile emergency communication device. After placing a telephone call, the calling device communicates information to the call recipient, for example a response center, usable to estimate the remaining talk time of the calling device. The call recipient sends instructions to the calling device to turn off, disable, or suspend certain device capabilities to conserve battery power in the calling device. For example, if it is determined that the device is not moving, a geographical location capability of the device may be turned off to conserve power. Other capabilities may also be turned off, for example a secondary radio transceiver, a display screen or other visual indicator, certain software applications executing on the device, or other capabilities.


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