Patent attributes
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for adjusting the rate at which an application retrieves data updates based upon application usage. In a particular embodiment, a method provides exchanging communications with a wireless communication network. The method further provides executing an application that exchanges application data in the wireless communication device with the wireless communication network. The method further provides determining an application usage rate for the application and adjusting an application update rate for the application based on the application usage rate. Additionally, the method provides updating the application data over the wireless communication network based on the application update rate.
