Battery Management Model for Automated Content Transfer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Information handling systems face challenges in managing low battery charge levels, leading to potential shutdowns or decreased productivity due to battery distractions such as depletion and slow processing, which disrupt user immersion and productivity.

Innovation Solution

A battery management model is calibrated and configured to automatically transfer content data from a primary information handling system to a secondary system based on contextual inputs, including user, system, and environmental settings, without user interaction, using configuration rules that throttle systems and adjust display brightness to conserve battery life.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the primary information handling system continues to operate with low battery charge, then user productivity and immersion are maintained in the short term, but battery depletion occurs leading to shutdowns and decreased productivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser productivityVSAvoidbattery charge duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by proactively transferring content data to a secondary information handling system before the battery is fully depleted. The battery management model monitors battery charge levels and triggers automated content transfer when thresholds are approached, ensuring productivity is maintained without waiting for actual battery exhaustion or shutdown events.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If content data is automatically transferred to a secondary system, then battery life is extended and shutdown risk is reduced, but system complexity increases due to additional monitoring and transfer mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service through an automated battery management model that autonomously monitors battery charge levels, evaluates contextual data, and executes content transfer decisions without user intervention. The model learns from historical data and automatically adjusts transfer thresholds, eliminating the need for complex manual configuration while maintaining high reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Duration of action of moving object

If contextual data monitoring and automated content transfer are implemented, then battery management effectiveness is improved, but computational overhead and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery charge durationVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically changes operational parameters based on battery charge levels. As the battery charge decreases, the model adjusts transfer thresholds and prioritizes critical content data for transfer. The system also modifies monitoring frequency and throttles non-essential processes, optimizing the balance between extended battery duration and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Duration of action of moving object

If the system throttles performance and adjusts display brightness, then battery drain is reduced and battery life is extended, but user experience and productivity may be degraded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery charge durationVSAvoiduser productivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts performance throttling and display brightness based on real-time battery charge levels and contextual factors. Rather than applying static restrictions, the model modulates these parameters adaptively, maintaining optimal user experience during high-charge periods while automatically reducing them as battery charge decreases, thereby extending battery life without permanently degrading productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11086382B2Compensating for low battery charge levels of a battery in an information handling system
Publication Date: 2021.08.10 DELL PROD LP
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AI summary

Compensating for low battery charge levels of a battery in a primary information handling system, performing, at a first time, a calibration and configuration of a battery management model, including: performing, at a second time, a steady-state monitoring of the primary information handling system, including: in response to monitoring the contextual inputs and based on the battery charge level of the battery of the primary information handling system, i) accessing the battery management model including the configuration policy, ii) identifying one or more of the configuration rules based on the monitored parameters associated with the contextual inputs, and iii) applying the one or more configuration rules to perform one or more of the computer-implemented actions to automatically transfer content data of the primary information handling system to the secondary information handling system that is associated with the primary information handling system without user interaction.