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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Derek R. Kumar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 13/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); G06F 9/4812 (2013.01); G06F 13/24 (2013.01); G06F 13/26 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that rate-limits the execution of a timer is described. The device receives a timer that includes an initial execution timer and a timer priority. If the timer priority is low, the device rate-limits the execution of the timer based on a suppression period associated with the timer priority. In order to rate-limit the execution of the timer, the device determines the suppression period based on the timer priority and schedules the timer to execute at the end of the suppression period. The device further schedules the timer to execute at the initial exertion time when the timer priority is high.