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Google patents method to save battery by matching modem speed to app needs

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Google has filed a patent for a system where the phone's operating system tells its modem exactly how much data an app needs. The modem then switches to a specific power-saving mode that matches those requirements, rather than running at full speed all the time.

Why it mattersThis could help phones last longer between charges by ensuring the wireless chip doesn't use more energy than necessary for simple tasks.

In the filing’s own words

A method includes accessing, by an operating system running on the mobile device, first system communication requirements associated with running a first application on the mobile device. The method also includes sending, by the operating system, the first system communication requirements to a modulator-demodulator (modem) of the mobile device. The method further includes adjusting an operation mode of the hardware component based on the first system communication requirements and based on feedback received from the modem in response to sending the first system communication requirements to the modem.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising an operating system running on a mobile device performing: accessing first system communication requirements associated with running a first application on the mobile device; sending the first system communication requirements to a modulator-demodulator (modem) of the mobile device; and adjusting an operation mode of the modem based on the first system communication requirements and based on feedback received from the modem in response to sending the first system communication requirements to the modem, the feedback including multiple operation modes of the modem, by: selecting, based on the first system communication requirements, one of the operation modes of the modem; and initiating the selected one of the operation modes of the modem.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Reduced Power Consumption Based on System Communication Requirements for Applications
Publication number
US20260310280A1
Application number
19480743
Filed
May 9, 2023
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 1/3278 Physics & computingG06F 1/3209 Physics & computingG06F 1/3296 Physics & computing
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