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Apple patents modem settings that adjust to app usage

Apple describes a method where a device checks how its apps use the network and combines that data to pick the best modem setting. The system then adjusts the modem to match the combined needs of the active applications.

Why it mattersThis could help phones manage battery life and data speeds more efficiently by tailoring the modem to what you are actually doing.

In the filing’s own words

Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including obtaining first data regarding one or more applications running on a UE device, where the first data represents, for each of the one or more applications, an individual network usage characteristic of that application; determining, based on the first data, second data regarding the one or more applications, where the second data represents a composite network usage characteristic of the one or more applications; selecting, based on the second data, a first modem configuration from among a plurality of candidate modem configurations; and causing a modem of the UE device to operate according to the first modem configuration.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A UE device comprising one or processors and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: obtaining first data regarding one or more applications running on the UE device, wherein the first data represents, for each of the one or more applications, an individual network usage characteristic of that application; determining, based on the first data, second data regarding the one or more applications, wherein the second data represents a composite network usage characteristic of the one or more applications; selecting, based on the second data, a first modem configuration from among a plurality of candidate modem configurations based on a determination that the first modem configuration satisfies the composite network usage characteristic; and causing a modem of the UE device to operate according to the first modem configuration.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
Systems and methods for dynamically controlling the configuration of a modem of a user equipment device
Patent number
US12732886B2
Application number
18372039
Filed
Sep 22, 2023
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
19

Classified under

H04W 40/04 Electricity & electronics
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