ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,881, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MITEL NETWORKS Corp. (Kanata, Canada).

"Method of and system for managing power consumption of a device" was invented by Peter Couse (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing power consumption of a device are provided. Exemplary methods and systems include monitoring a proximity connection between a device and a mobile device and, upon detecting by the device one or more of the mobile device is beyond the predetermined distance or the proximity connection disconnected, automatically transitioning the device from a wake mode to a sleep mode and providing a user inte...