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Samsung patents phone cooling trick that slows background apps when hot

Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that monitors the temperature of a phone's communication parts. If the device gets too hot, the system identifies background apps using a lot of data and slows down their processing to reduce heat.

Why it mattersThis could help keep phones cooler during heavy use by automatically limiting background data traffic.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes at least one antenna module, a first communication circuit configured to provide first communication via the at least one antenna module, a plurality of temperature sensor, at least one processor operationally connected to the first communication circuit and the plurality of temperature sensors, and memory. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to obtain a first temperature associated with the electronic device via the plurality of temperature sensors, identify a second temperature associated with the first communication based on the first temperature being equal to or higher than a first threshold value, identify an operation state of at least one application, in which data throughput associated with the first communication is equal to or more than designated throughput, based on the second temperature being equal to or higher than a second threshold value, and adjust first data throughput of a first application, which is operating in a background state, among the at least one application.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: at least one antenna; first communication circuitry configured to provide first communication via the at least one antenna; at least one temperature sensor; memory storing computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors operationally connected to the first communication circuitry, the at least one temperature sensor, and the memory, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify a temperature associated with the first communication via the at least one temperature sensor, based on the temperature being equal to or higher than a threshold value, identify a first application in a background state having a data throughput of the first communication equal to or more than a designated throughput associated with the first communication and a second application in a foreground state among a plurality of applications, and adjust the data throughput of the first application by reducing a running time of the one or more processors for processing the first application.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Electronic device and method for controlling data throughput based on heat generation in electronic device
Patent number
US12754779B2
Application number
18612599
Filed
Mar 21, 2024
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 9/5094 Physics & computingG01K 7/22 Physics & computingG01K 13/00 Physics & computing
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