US Patent 10175995 Device hibernation control

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for limiting a number of hibernations based on a finite lifetime expectancy of nonvolatile memory. As the nonvolatile memory has a finite lifetime expectancy, a device may determine cumulative thresholds and associated session thresholds and may limit a frequency that the device hibernates. For example, the device may determine a cumulative number of hibernations and associate the cumulative number of hibernations with a cumulative threshold. The device may determine a session threshold corresponding to the cumulative threshold and may limit a number of hibernations using the session threshold. For example, the device may enter a hibernation state up to the session threshold and thereafter may enter a suspended state instead.