TW201119472A - Portable electronic device and communication connection managing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable electronic device and a communication connection managing method are provided thereof. The communication connection managing method includes the following steps. First, it's determined whether a suspend event is received. Then, it's determined whether a packet switching connection is to be in an unused state during the suspend event has been received. After that, if the packet switching connection is to be in the unused state, a first count time is calculated since the suspend event has received, the portable electronic device is controlled to enters a suspend operation mode when the first count time conforms a unused waiting time, and the packet switching connection is broke. Afterward, the portable electronic device is controlled to enter an afresh activating mode after a first count time is calculated since the suspend event has received in response to a real time clock alarm event.

Description

201119472, · i WM2UFA' VI. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a portable electronic device and a communication link management method thereof, and more particularly to a packet according to a packet when receiving a sleep event The status of the Packet Switching Connection determines whether the portable electronic device and its communication link management method directly enter the Suspend Operation Mode. [Prior Art] _ As technology continues to advance, humans are increasingly relying on technology products to increase convenience in their lives. For example, consumers can use portable electronic devices to communicate with others. The portable electronic device establishes a Packet Switching Connection to connect to the Internet for packet transmission procedures, such as updating an email, file transmission, or web browsing. Portable electronic devices such as personal digital assistants (persa), smart phones, and mobile phones. • However, in order to save power consumption of the portable electronic device, when the portable electronic device in the market receives the sleep event, the in-use packet parent will be unconditionally interrupted and enter the sleep mode. In this way, the file transmitted in the parent exchange link may cause omission, and may need to be retransmitted to obtain the missing data again. Moreover, the portable electronic device cannot continuously receive the electronic after entering the sleep mode of operation. mail. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device and its communication connection, (the official method, when receiving a dormant event, it utilizes the judgment packet to hand in « i 201119472

The status of the TW5420PA Packet Switching Connection determines whether to enter the Suspend Operation Mode to manage the packet switched link in a timely manner so that the data that may be exchanged through the packet can be continuously transmitted to the end. After the data transmission is finished, and waiting for an idle waiting time, the packet exchange link is interrupted and enters the sleep mode, and the idle waiting time is used to ensure that the packet exchange link is indeed unoccupied. This =, after the sleep mode, the portable electronic device can automatically return to the restart mode when the Real Time Clock Alarm (RTC Alarm) event is generated for the packet transmission process (such as updating the electronic device). Mail)' and automatically return to sleep mode after the packet transmission process is completed. In this case, the user can receive the dormant event in the portable electronic device, and the packet exchange link will not be directly interrupted to avoid the data in the transmission = missing or need to be retransmitted, and the portable electronic device is also It can be returned to the restart mode when the instant clock alarm is not generated to update the email. In this way, in addition to greatly improving convenience, it can also achieve power saving. According to an aspect of the present invention, a communication link management method is provided. The overnight link management method is applied to a portable electronic device, and the communication link management method includes the following steps. First, determine if you have received a sleep event. Then, upon receiving the sleep event, it is determined that a packet exchange link = no idle grievance. Then, if the packet exchange link is in the idle state, the first time is calculated from the time of receiving the sleep event, and when the first time is equal to the idle waiting time, the portable electronic device is controlled to enter the rest mode, and the packet exchange is interrupted. link. Then, responding to a first Real Time ClockAlarm (RTCAlarm) event, 201119472

· I WMZUPA calculates from the receipt of the sleep event „Secondary electronic device enters a restart mode. Silly control portable according to the other side of the present invention, proposes a portable-RF processing unit and application processing unit The application processing ^ set, 'the packet is interrupted to receive - sleep event, and the connection (4) is closed, the piece = the packet exchange link is in the 1 state, the receiving unit should receive the sleep when the packet exchange link is idle. 5= Calculate a first timing time, and when the first timing time is equal to one idle time, 'control the portable electronic device into the sleep-sleep mode and the single-frequency interrupt packet exchange link at the 2-frequency processing. The processing unit further determines a first Real Time Clock Alarm (RTC and Alarm) event, and responds to a first Rei Time Clock Alarm (RTC Alarm) event, since receiving the sleep event. Controlling the portable electronic device to enter a restart mode after a second time period. In order to make the above content of the present invention more obvious, the following is a specific example of implementing φ, The following is a detailed description of the following: [Embodiment] Referring to Figure 1, a block diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The portable electronic device 100 includes radio frequency processing. The unit 10 and the application processing unit 30. The radio frequency processing unit 10 is configured to establish a packet switching connection S (for example, a packet switching connection is established with a base station (not shown) to perform a packet transmission procedure. The packet transmission program is, for example, receiving/sending an email, browsing the Internet, uploading or downloading data by a user, and the RF processing unit 1〇201119472 1 W^42UPA. τ can also be transmitted in the packet transmission program. The application processing unit 30 is configured to control the radio frequency processing unit 1 to establish/break the packet exchange link S, and the application processing unit 30 is further configured to execute the judgment program, for example, to determine the packet exchange link S. Whether the user is in an idle state. In addition, the user can use the application processing unit 30 to execute a plurality of applications, such application examples. An Internet browser (IE), an email (Outlook). The portable electronic device 100 further includes a user input interface unit 50. The user input interface unit 50 is, for example, a power button, a touch panel, or The user can press the user input interface unit 50 to trigger the sleep event Εν to save power consumption of the portable electronic device 1. For example, the sleep event Εν is an event in which the user presses the power button. In another example, the sleep event Εν can also be triggered by the portable electronic device 100 actively after an idle time of operation. For example, the sleep event is actively triggered when the user does not enter an instruction or trigger event via the user input interface unit 50 at all during this time. For example, if the portable electronic device 100 enters the Suspend Operation Mode according to the sleep event, the application processing unit 30, the RF processing unit 10, and the screen (not shown) temporarily enter a sleep state to save power consumption. . However, in an example, the user can preset a time period through the user input interface unit 50. When the time period is reached, the portable electronic device 100 can enter an Unattended Mode to apply the application. The processing unit 30 and the radio frequency processing unit 10 wake up, and control the radio frequency processing unit 10 by the application processing unit 30 to 201119472k. TW5420PA" establish a packet switching connection s for the packet transmission process. At this time, the screen of the portable electronic device (not shown) is still off. Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates a flow chart of communication link management applied to the portable electronic device of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, in step S202, the processing unit 30 is configured to determine whether to receive a sleep event Ev (Suspend Event). If the application processing unit 30 receives the sleep event, step S204 is performed; if the application processing unit 30 does not Receive this sleep event and re-execute this step. In step S204, the application processing unit 30 is configured to determine whether a φ packet switching link S is in an idle state, and if the packet switching link S is not in the idle state, re-execute the step; if the packet switching link is in an idle state, execute Step S206. In step S206, a first timing time is calculated from the receipt of the sleep event, and when the first timing time is equal to an idle waiting time, the portable electronic device 100 is controlled to enter a sleep operation mode and control the radio frequency processing unit 30. Interrupt the packet exchange link. In step 208, the application processing unit 30 responds to the first Real Time Clock Alarm (RTC Alarm) event, and controls the portable electronic device 100 to enter a second time after the φ sleep event is received. Restart mode. An example of a detailed description of Fig. 2 is as follows. How to perform communication link management for each of the above components is as follows. Of course, those skilled in the art should understand that the communication link management method is not limited to the portable electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 1 , and the steps and sequence of the communication link management method may also be based on actual conditions. Modifications and adjustments to the application status. Please refer to the figure 3A~3B, which shows the communication link management of FIG. 2 201119472

The fine flow chart of the J.WM2UPA method. In the Fig. 3A diagram, in step S3〇2, the processing unit 30 determines whether or not the sleep event EV is received. For example, the behavior or practice of using a hardware module by a general application may be applied, and the portable electronic device 100 is implemented in a polling, checking, or event-driven manner to determine whether to receive the sleep event. In an example, the software can be used to detect whether the current portable electronic device is operating in an application (IE, OUTL00K) by means of polling or checking. If no application is found to be operated during the second predetermined time, it means that the user does not use the portable electronic device 100 to perform any set-up during the predetermined time: the host implements to generate the sleep event, Let portable: Save power consumption by using =. This reservation is adjusted in another case 2 and according to the situation. The 'application processing unit 30 judges _ θ pull, ^ 丨 sleep, if the user input enters a specific press event, "Dian 兀 兀 50 疋 触 触 按 按 按 按 按 按 判断 判断 判断 判断The interface unit 5 triggers this specific press event to the sleep event. For example, suppose the triggering electronic device _, ^ user may not need to use the portable power button to trigger, so that 4 === yuan 50 (such as the formula, thereby saving power consumption. The electric device enters sleep The operation module is in step S304, and Εν, and judges the packet exchange: the processing is performed 30 times to receive the sleep event - if it exists, then the execution step 2 is performed, then the application is executed right, and the connection is closed. Mode step U(4) can be n electronic device 100 into 201119472 · . 1 W34ZUPA'

In step S306, the application processing unit 30 determines whether the packet switching link S is in an idle state. If the packet switching link is in the idle state, step S308 is performed; if the packet processing link is not in the idle state, step S306 is performed again. For example, it is assumed that the packet switching link S is in the idle state, that is, the portable electronic device may still use the packet switching link to perform the packet transmission process (for example, IE, Outlook may still occupy the packet switching link). To send and receive emails, or to upload/download data. In contrast, if the packet switched link S is in this idle state, φ means that IE, Outlook (or other applications that need to use the packet exchange link S) does not occupy the packet switched link S. In step S308, the application processing unit 30 calculates a first timing time from the receipt of the sleep event, and determines whether the first timing time is equal to an idle waiting time. If the first timing time is equal to the idle waiting time, step S310 is performed. If the first timing time is not equal to the idle waiting time, step S308 is re-executed. Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram showing the application processing unit of FIG. 1 corresponding to more than φ times and states. As shown in FIG. 4, the abscissa indicates the time t; the ordinate represents the state S of the application processing unit 30, and it is assumed that the application processing unit 30 is in the state 1, indicating that it is not in the sleep state, if the processing unit 30 is applied. When it is in state 0, it means it is in a sleep state to save power consumption. For example, the timing mode of the first timing time has various implementation manners. In an implementation aspect, it is assumed that the application processing unit 30 receives the sleep event Εν at time A, and determines that the packet exchange link S is present and When idle, the application processing unit 30, for example, starts timing the first 201119472, 1W5420PA' time from the time 。. However, the timing method of the first time is designed and adjusted according to the needs of the user, and is not limited to this. The intervening waiting time is, for example, 1 minute in an example. Similarly, the door waiting time can be designed and used according to the user's needs. As shown in FIG. 3B, in step S3l, the deer processing unit 30 controls the portable electronic device 100 to enter the SUSpend Operation Mode and control the radio frequency processing unit i to interrupt the packet exchange link S. It is assumed that the application processing unit 3 controls the portable electronic device 100 to enter the sleep operation mode and control the radio frequency processing unit 1 to interrupt the packet when the time period F from time a to time B is equal to the first time (for example, 1 minute). After the connection is exchanged, the application processing unit 30 and the radio frequency processing unit 10 enter a sleep state, that is, a state 〇, to save power loss of the portable electronic device 100. In step S312, the application processing unit 30 sets a first Real Time Clock Alarm (RTC Alarm) event, and responds to the first instant clock warning event, and has a second since receiving the sleep event. After the chronograph time, the portable electronic device is controlled to enter the restart mode. Wherein, as shown in FIG. 4, the application processing unit 30 is awakened to return to the state after the application processing unit 3 is in time period A (when the sleep event is received) to the time c, and the time G is equal to the second time. ^匕1, to control the portable electronic device to enter the restart mode. For example, the first instant clock alert event is, for example, applied by the application unit 30 before the portable electronic device 1 enters a sleep state. After the second timing time, the application processing unit 3 is called and responds to the first instant clock warning event to control the portable electronic device 1 , and set 201119472

, · I WM2UFA 100 enters the restart mode. The second timing time is, for example, 10 minutes. In an example, whenever the second timing time is reached, the application processing unit 3 in the sleepy sorrow will leave the sleep state. Furthermore, the restart mode is, for example, an unattended mode. In the unattended mode, some components of the portable electronic device 100 (such as the application processing unit 3 or the RF processing unit 10) leave the sleep state. Here, the unattended mode is different from the sleep operation state (the application processing unit 30 and the radio processing unit 1 are both in a sleep state). For example, • In the unattended mode, the screen (not shown) of the portable electronic device 100 is turned off.乂佛----1, Feng Yonghua unit: 3〇 control RF processing list 10 re-establish the packet exchange link s to perform a packet transmission procedure. In steps S312 to s314, the user can set the second timing time (10 minutes longer than the female ^ 10) to allow the portable electronic farm to set the second time to ": automatic (not a user) Operation) (4) Restart mode, ^ Ξ change RF processing unit 10 to re-establish the seal). Here, in the portable electric m program (for example, in the sending and receiving e-mail, the user can also be in the second: the main 100 is in the sleep operation state to update the e-mail in step S316, and the seal is sent to the e-mail) Make a profit. After the unit 3〇 controls the RF processing unit and the transmission wheel program is completed, the application is king: the portable electronic device 1()() returns 7^ interrupts the packet exchange link S, and the figure shows that the application processing unit is assumed Operating mode. In the first round of the order (such as updating the e-mail = 30, for example, completing the packet at time D), controlling the dust in the radio frequency processing unit 10 201119472

The i wmzwA · I packet exchange link S, the application processing unit 30 and the control of the collocated electronic device 100 return to the sleep mode to enter the dormant state, ie, enter the state 〇) to save power consumption of the portable electronic device (10). For example, before entering the sleep mode, the application processing unit 3 sets a second instant clock alert event, and the application processing unit 30 enters a sleep state after the second instant clock alert event is set, for example, to save power. Consumption. In step S318, the application processing unit 3 responds to the second instant clock alarm event and controls the portable electronic device 1 to enter a restart mode after calculating a third time period after the packet transmission process is completed. As shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the application processing unit 3 completes the packet transmission procedure at time D to calculate the third timing time. If the period H of time D to time E is equal to the third timing time, The application processing unit 30 will be woken up (back to state 1) to control the portable electronic device 100 to enter a restart mode. Of course, this third timing time can also be calculated from the time C. The user can design and complete according to the actual situation and the application environment, and is not limited thereto. In this case, the portable electronic device 1 can perform packet transmission (such as receiving according to the RTC Alarm set before the application processing unit enters the sleep state, and return to the restart mode in the sleep operation mode. E-mail), and then go back to sleep after the completion of the operation A / C 4 ^ -b. y, work. In this way, the automatic receiving of the e-mail can be achieved, and the sleep operation mode can be automatically returned after the reception is completed to save power consumption. The portable electronic device of the above different embodiments of the present invention and the communication connection management method thereof have the following effects: 201119472.

_ IW^42UFA (1) In the above embodiment, when receiving a sleep event, the application processing unit controls whether the portable electronic device can directly enter the sleep operation, for example, by determining whether the packet exchange link is in an idle state. mode. In this case, if the packet switched link is not idle (meaning that data is still being transmitted), the application processing unit may end the data transfer and after an idle waiting time (to ensure that the packet exchange link is not occupied), The portable electronic device is controlled to enter a sleep mode of operation. In addition, the application processing unit can enter the sleep state with the radio frequency processing φ unit after the portable electronic device enters the sleep operation mode. In this way, in addition to avoiding the need to retransmit the data in the transmission due to the interruption of the packet exchange connection, the power consumption of the portable electronic device can be saved. (2) In the above embodiment, when the portable electronic device is in the sleep mode, the application processing unit may leave the sleep state according to the RTC Alarm event to control the portable electronic device to return to the restart mode to perform packet transmission. The program (such as receiving/emailing), the application processing unit and the packet transmission program is completed and the portable electronic device is controlled to return to the sleep operation mode, and the radio processing unit enters a sleep state to save power. This allows users to update their emails without having to do it themselves, which greatly increases convenience. Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention has higher reliability and convenience when receiving a sleep event than a conventional method of directly interrupting the packet exchange link after receiving a sleep event regardless of whether the packet exchange link is occupied or not. In addition to ensuring that the data transmitted by the user in the packet exchange link can be continuously transmitted, the portable electronic device can automatically update the email after every other time period and return to the sleep mode after the update, thereby greatly Increase 13 201119472 IW5420FA 1 ' Convenience and energy saving. In summary, although the invention has been disclosed above by way of example, it is not intended to limit the invention. A person skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the communication connection management applied to the portable electronic device of Figure 1. Fig. 3A is a detailed flow chart showing the communication link management method of Fig. 2. Fig. 3B is a detailed flow chart showing the communication link management method of Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the application processing unit of Figure 1 corresponding to a plurality of times and states. [Main component symbol description] 10: RF processing unit 30: Application processing unit 50: User output input unit S202~S208, S302~S320: Step S: Packet exchange link Εν: Sleep event

Claims (1)

201119472 · . · 1 W^42UPA' VII. Patent application scope: 1. A communication link management method is applied to a portable electronic device. The communication link management method includes: determining whether a sleep event is received; When the dormant event is reached, it is determined whether a packet switching connection (Packet Switching Connection) is in an idle state; if the packet switching connection is in the idle state, a first time is calculated from receiving the sleep event, and Controlling the portable electronic device to enter a sleep mode of operation and interrupting the packet exchange link when a time is equal to an idle waiting time; and responding to a first Real Time Clock Alarm (RTC Alarm) event And controlling the portable electronic device to enter a restart mode after calculating a second time period from receiving the sleep event. 2. The communication link management method according to claim 1, wherein after determining the step of receiving the sleep event, the method further comprises: φ determining whether a packet exchange link exists; and if the packet exchange link does not exist, Then controlling the portable electronic device to enter the sleep mode of operation. 3. The communication link management method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the sleep event is received comprises: determining whether a user input interface unit of the portable electronic device triggers a A specific press event, and if so, determines that the sleep event is received. 4. The communication link management method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of determining whether the sleep event is received, the method is controlled after the step of controlling the 15201119472 TW5420PA electronic device into the human-restart mode. Line 1 = Re-establish the packet exchange link to complete the packet transmission process, r link, and control the portable electronic device back to the second: the law, the scope of the communication link management described in item 4 a second instant clock warning event; and in response to the completion of the second clock mode of the second brother, the calculation - the first ~ 在于 is that the packet transmission process is set to enter a re-make mode ^ after controlling the portable electronic convergence method The communication link management party described in item 1 of the benefit range, that is, the 3 police carrier == set the seventh portable electronic device before entering the sleep state, including: a radio frequency processing unit; The unit is configured to determine whether a sleep event is received, and when the event is determined by the -== event, whether the packet exchange link is in a set state, and the application processing unit is further used for the seal: When set state, from the receipt of a calculation of the sleep event! Set: rr, wait for the private device to enter a sleep operation mode and control the radio frequency at 201119472, the iw^i+zurA management unit interrupts the packet exchange link; wherein the application processing unit further sets a first instant clock alert (Real Time Clock Alarm, RTC Alarm) event, and in response to the real time clock alert event, controlling the portable electronic device to enter a restart mode after a second time period since receiving the sleep event. 8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the application processing unit is configured to determine whether a packet exchange link exists when the sleep event is received, and if the packet exchange link does not exist, The φ application processing unit controls the portable electronic device to enter the sleep mode of operation. 9. The portable electronic device of claim 7, further comprising: a user input interface unit; wherein the application processing unit determines whether the user input interface unit triggers a specific press event, and if so, Then it is judged that the sleep event is received. 10. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the application processing unit is configured to control the radio processing unit to re-establish the packet exchange after controlling the portable electronic device to enter a restart mode. The connection is performed to perform a packet transmission process, and after the RF transmission unit completes the packet transmission process, the RF processing unit is controlled to interrupt the packet exchange link, and the portable electronic device is controlled to return to the sleep operation mode. 11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein the application processing unit is further configured to set a second instant clock alert event and respond to the second instant clock alert event in the packet transmission After the third time period is calculated from the completion of the program, the portable electric rs is controlled; 17 201119472 IW5420PA ', the sub-device enters a restart mode. 12. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the application processing unit is configured to set the first instant clock alert event before the portable electronic device enters the sleep state.