Patent attributes
A method for reducing the energy consumption of a mobile device includes: measuring condition values of the mobile device by a measuring unit associated to the mobile device; comparing the measured condition values of the mobile device to entries of a condition listing, wherein the condition listing is stored in a memory unit of the mobile device; and initiating an energy saving program of the mobile device upon detecting a match of the measured condition values and an entry of the condition listing. The entries of the condition listing comprise the following measuring condition values of the mobile device: a display state, an activity state, a traffic consumption value, a traffic stream value, an SSID state, a BSSID state, an ESSID state, authentication information, and/or access type information.