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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131359 | DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REDUCED POWER MODE A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital images, comprising: a display screen; a processor; a power control circuit for enabling an active display mode for displaying digital images on the display screen and a reduced power mode wherein the ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131360 | PATH CHARACTERISTIC BASED ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES Associating service agents in communication over a network to one or more respective clients coupled to the network at respective ports of the network is described. At a first service agent, a first signal is received from a first client coupled to the network at a firs... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131361 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING MOTHERBOARD USING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER A remote controller is connected to one or more server via an intelligent platform management bus (IPMB). The controller includes a redundant power supply and a remote control module. Once the remote controller receives a control command to power on one of the servers f... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105899 | ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR An electric energy consumption control system that is capable of maximizing convenience to users while controlling the system so that the electric energy consumption of the entire system in a period falls within a target electric energy. An electrical apparatus transmit... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084580 | Power Budget Allocation in Multi-Processor Systems Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software that implement power budget allocation optimization algorithms in multi-processor systems, such as server farms. The algorithms are derived from a queuing theoretic model that minimizes the mean response time of the system to ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084581 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRIC DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM A power supply control apparatus includes an opening/closing unit that is used for starting or stopping power supply to an electric device, a reception unit configured to receive power-supply-control information that is transmitted from the electric device, and a contro... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054511 | INTELLIGENT POWER CONTROLLER A method, apparatus, and system in which an interconnect for an integrated circuit communicates transactions between one or more initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and one or more target IP cores coupled to the interconnect, including a power manager having a hi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047377 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR POWER CREDIT MANAGEMENT BY DIRECTLY MEASURING PROCESSOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION A microprocessor includes an input that receives an indication of the amount of instantaneous power being supplied to the microprocessor by an external power source. The microprocessor includes a plurality of processing cores that each receive the indication from the in... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047376 | Semiconductor integrated circuit In a semiconductor LSI that sequentially performs predetermined processing on data input successively, a host CPU, a plurality of sequencers, and a data engine are connected in a hierarchical manner with the host CPU at top and the data engine at bottom. Each sequencer ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTABLISH AND DYNAMICALLY CONTROL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN LARGE-SCALE DATACENTERS OR IT INFRASTRUCTURES A system and method for establishing and dynamically controlling energy consumption in large-scale datacenters or IT infrastructures. The system including a primary configuration server, a router coupled to the primary configuration server, and a plurality of power-mana... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120023343 | POWER AND DATA HUB The power and data hub is a fan-less modular electronic system having a main housing member that forms a heat sink, which houses an electronic switch fabric backbone. The electronic switch fabric backbone connects multiple modular slots using a connection fabric backpla... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023344 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS A first switch is arranged between a judgment unit and a signal line. The first switch is turned on during a period in which the judgment unit judges a device, after which the first switch is turned off. A second switch is turned off during a period in which the judgmen... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120011381 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD A network includes nodes that transmit information to each other. Some nodes operate intermittently; other nodes operate continuously. Information is transmitted to an intermittently operating node by a handshaking protocol in which the intermittently operating node ind... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005498 | DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING STANDBY POWER CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE WITH SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF A device for eliminating standby power consumption of an electronic appliance with a system capable of automatic power-off is provided, which includes: a power-on signal wireless transmitting unit; a control unit; a wireless signal receiving unit, connected to the contr... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005497 | Terminal apparatus updating method, data writing apparatus, and terminal apparatus A terminal apparatus updating method is disclosed which includes: performing a wireless power supply process of wirelessly supplying power to a terminal apparatus equipped with a wireless power reception portion so as to start up the terminal apparatus thus powered; per... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320832 | MANAGING ELECTRICAL POWER IN A VIRTUAL POWER DELIVERY NETWORK Systems and methods are provided for managing power to devices in a virtual power delivery network, using a centralized power allocation controller. The method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices includes receiving device information from one or more... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320834 | DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT UNIT WITH IMPROVED DISASTER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY A data center management unit for managing and controlling power distribution to computers in a data center includes a power inlet, a plurality of power outlets for providing power to respective ones of the computers, and a processor. In addition thereto, the data cente... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT An example method is provided and includes communicating a first packet to a network element in order to indicate whether an endpoint can have its power managed by network communications. The first packet includes an Internet protocol (IP) address associated with the en... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110307718 | DYNAMIC FABRIC PLANE ALLOCATION FOR POWER SAVINGS In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first utilization value, accessing a second utilization value, defining a third utilization value, and sending to a first switching portion of a distributed network switch a deactivate signal in response to the third util... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION UTILIZING INTER-GATEWAY COMMUNICATION Aspects of a method and system for managing power consumption utilizing inter-gateway communication are provided. In this regard, a first broadband gateway residing in a first location may determine past, present, and/or expected power consumption of the first location.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302430 | PEER TO PEER POWER MANAGEMENT A system and methods for delivering power to a multitude of portable electronic devices is provided. More specifically, the system and methods provide for powering different portable electronic devices through a central charging device. The method of delivering a power ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296210 | Power supply controlling system, control method for power supply controlling system, and power supply controlling apparatus A power supply controlling system including: a first power supply controlling apparatus that supplies an electric power to a device; and a second power supply controlling apparatus that supplies an electric power to another device, communicates with the first power supp... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL POWER An improved system for power monitoring and control is an aftermarket method for improving power monitoring and control in end-user environments such as offices and homes. The disclosed is a wirelessly connected panel that monitors and/or controls power passed through a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296209 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME A control apparatus for controlling multiple electronic devices includes a receiving unit, a relay, and a processing unit. The receiving unit receives control signals. The relay is connected between the device to be controlled and a power supply to power on/off the devi... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283121 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND THE SYSTEM In a system including multiple devices and a management apparatus, the management apparatus receives target power consumption, and a setting of a time period for performing power saving control, calculates target power consumption of each device and sets the calculated ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283122 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE The wireless communication device includes a main body, and an accessory device connectable to the main body. The accessory device includes a power supply interface configured to supply power to the main body when the accessory device is connected to the main body. The ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271028 | MODULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH COMMON INTERFACE A modular integrated circuit includes a hub module that is coupled to a plurality of spoke modules via a plurality of hub interfaces. The plurality of hub interfaces provide a plurality of signal interfaces between the hub module and each of the plurality of spoke modul... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264901 | MODULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH COMMON SOFTWARE A modular integrated circuit includes a hub module that is coupled to a plurality of spoke modules via a plurality of hub interfaces. The spoke modules include a plurality of interface circuits each having a hardware address. A memory module stores the hub software and ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264957 | BOOT TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM A boot test apparatus and method can repeatedly execute actions of power-on and power-off for a cold boot test of a computer to test whether the computer is operable. The boot test apparatus includes a microprocessor, a controller, and a power switch. The microprocessor... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264930 | MODULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH UNIFORM ADDRESS MAPPING A modular integrated circuit includes a hub module that is coupled to a plurality of spoke modules via a plurality of hub interfaces. A memory module stores hub software and hub data and configuration data. The hub software operates in accordance with a memory map that ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264931 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORKSTATIONS A power control system for workstations (31-54) which are connected to a network (2). An application (300) running on a server (1) has access to a profile database (304) which stores records of estimated workstation start and en... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264932 | HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME A home appliance and a method of operating the same are provided. By controlling operation of the home appliance with varied rate information according to a power consumption amount, an entire power consumption amount is reduced, and by preventing power consumption from... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258467 | Leveraging a Power Distribution System to Provide a Mobile Marketing Platform Some embodiments leverage a power distribution system to provide a mobile platform with which establishments can connect to users and provide targeted advertising and marketing to the user. Specifically, the power distribution system includes several distributed power s... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248821 | Interlock System and Method A network of interlocks and input devices and a system for tracking their use and control, in which each interlock and input device is associated with a machine which performs a process. Machines are associated with input devices by reading machine identifications from ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246799 | DATA-COLLECTION APPARATUS AND DATA-COLLECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME Embodiments relate to a data-collection apparatus and a data-collection system using the same. The data-collection apparatus includes a battery, a wireless unit to communicate wirelessly to an external device, a measurement unit to measure a measurement target, a power-... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246798 | Method, apparatus, and system for enabling platform power states To address the need for power management, the following facilitates maintaining power states in an efficient manner based at least in part on managing packets at different layers of an input/output interface that supports multiple layers. One specific example prevents a... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239012 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE The image processing device involves a power-saving condition, which achieves the reduction in power consumption on standby, and the high-speed recovery from its power-saving condition to the normal condition. The image processing device has: a data processing unit whic... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110239010 | MANAGING POWER PROVISIONING IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING One or more computers manage power consumption in a plurality of computers by repeatedly evaluating power consumption of pluralities of computers such that any given plurality of computers is evaluated by aggregating indicia of power consumption of the individual comput... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110239011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING WAKE-UPS OF OFFLINE MOBILE DEVICES An scheduler module is provided for acting on a request to establish a communication session between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device, the second device, or both are associated with a respective activity schedule that specifies, at least in p... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231679 | ENERGY SAVING DEVICE A dedicated computer power saving device for a computer, the computer configured to enter one of at least two software controlled standby states, the device comprising a connection for connecting the device to the computer, and a dedicated user input configured to provi... | 09/22/2011 |
