METHOD FOR CONSERVING POWER ON BATTERY-POWERED COMMUNICATION DEVICES

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APP PUB NO 20140064171A1
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14016635

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A method limits power usage by a battery-powered communication device having high and low power states of operation. The device's WiFi driver running on a kernel level of the operating system includes a counter-based routine for placing the device in one of its low power state and high power state. A high or low priority level is established for applications maintained on the device. An identifier for each application and its priority level is stored within a module maintained at the operating system's kernel level. Network traffic passing through the kernel level is monitored to determine whether the network traffic is associated with one of the identified applications and whether the priority level associated therewith is high priority. The counter-based routine of the WiFi driver is accessed when the network traffic is associated with one of the applications and its priority level is high priority.

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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY519 RICHMOND ROAD P O BOX 8795 WILLIAMSBURG VA 23187-8795

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Pyles, Andrew J Williamsburg, US 3 27
Qi, Xin Williamsburg, US 493 1565
Zhou, Gang Williamsburg, US 129 899

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