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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110360 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC POWER MANAGEMENT An application-specific power management technique may establish a separate power-down interval for one or more applications based on user interaction with the one or more applications. In some implementations, during use of a particular application, when a management c... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084592 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM A power management method for a host computer, which is coupled to a USB hub, is provided. It prevents the USB hub from entering into a suspend mode while the host computer stays in a host active state. The method includes the following steps: a filter driver is loaded.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POWER MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS A method and apparatus for providing power management enhancements. In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving an indication that the computing device is in a non-user-interactable state and powering down non-essential device components such that the computing dev... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF PERIPHERALS IN AN EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN In order to avoid loss of data, computer systems are often connected to a UPS which provide power backup in case of an emergency shutdown resulting from a power failure. However, as UPS devices are costly, they take up a lot of physical space, and can provide power for ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054520 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN SITUATION In order to avoid loss of data, computer systems are often connected to a UPS which provides power backup in case of an emergency shutdown resulting from a power failure. However, as UPS units are costly, they take up a lot of physical space and can provide power for a ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047382 | Script engine for control of power management controllers A power management IC (PMIC) and methods thereof have been achieved wherein the PMIC invented supports multiple applications while having a high degree of flexibility and allowing a small built and a low power consumption. An embedded script engine on an internal commun... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047383 | Mechanism for Manager and Host-Based Integrated Power Saving Policy in Virtualization Systems A mechanism for a manager and host-based integrated power saving policy in virtualization systems is disclosed. A method of the invention includes receiving configuration and power information of a host machine from a management agent on the host machine, performing a m... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042188 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A semiconductor device includes an internal circuit, a power supply control circuit which controls supply of a power supply to the internal circuit upon receipt of a first control signal, and a control signal generation circuit which outputs the first control signal upo... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042189 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION OF AN ETHERNET INTERFACE The present invention relates to a method for reducing the electricity consumption of an Ethernet interface involving switching to a low power mode when no activity is detected on the physical layer thereof for a first predetermined duration (T_L1_INACTIVE). The method ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042190 | PICTURE PROCESSING USING A HYBRID SYSTEM CONFIGURATION A system is presented that is configured to reduce power consumption when performing processing tasks. The system includes a first processing entity capable of performing a set of operations, and a second processing entity configured to consume less power than the first... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036383 | POWER SUPPLY FOR NETWORKED HOST COMPUTERS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A power supply is used in combination with networked first and second hosts with a virtual machine implemented on the first host. The power supply is comprised of: a memory; an outlet part linked with outlets respectively supplying electricity to the hosts; a communicat... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036384 | Reducing Power Consumption While Synchronizing A Plurality Of Compute Nodes During Execution Of A Parallel Application Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for reducing power consumption while synchronizing a plurality of compute nodes during execution of a parallel application that include: beginning, by each compute node, performance of a blocking operation specified by the ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030493 | Power Capping System And Method A system, and a corresponding method, for temporarily capping power consumption includes a mechanism for determining total power consumption by a number of components, a mechanism for disconnecting and reconnecting power to one or more of the components, and a mechanism... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030492 | SERVER SYSTEM The present invention provides a server system comprising a first group of mainboard modules and a second group of mainboard modules, each of the first and second groups of mainboard modules including a plurality of mainboard modules. Each mainboard module includes a ma... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120016533 | TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS This disclosure is related to systems and methods for temperature monitoring of electronics, such as a controller or processor within a data storage device. In one example, a controller may be configured to determine an operation to perform and determine a temperature o... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011387 | OPERATION METHOD FOR HOST APPARATUS TO SAVE POWER CONSUMPTION An operation method for a host apparatus is provided. When a peripheral device connects to the host apparatus through a data transmission interface, the host apparatus is checked whether or not accessing data with the peripheral device. When the host apparatus doesn't a... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005512 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SAVING A method and apparatus may detect an event related to an external device communicating with a host controller. One or more external device characteristics of the external device may be determined. One or more physical memory cells for the host controller may be modified... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110307730 | Power-Aware Thread Scheduling and Dynamic Use of Processors Techniques and apparatuses for providing power-aware thread scheduling and dynamic use of processors are disclosed. In some aspects, a multi-core system is monitored to determine core activity. The core activity may be compared to a power policy that balances a power sa... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301727 | INTERNET-SOURCED BEDTIME AUDIO Sleep sound audio (natural or soothing sounds such as fan, airplane, ocean waves, birds, rainforest, etc.) are streamed over the Internet from an audio server to enabled products for the purpose of helping people fall asleep or for other aural therapy.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296222 | DYNAMIC AND IDLE POWER REDUCTION SEQUENCE USING RECOMBINANT CLOCK AND POWER GATING Methods and apparatus for dynamic and/or idle power reduction sequence using recombinant clock and/or power gating are described. In one embodiment, at least a portion of an Integrated Input/Output (IIO) logic is to enter a lower power consumption state based on a power... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296434 | Techniques for Dynamically Sharing a Fabric to Facilitate Off-Chip Communication for Multiple On-Chip Units A technique for sharing a fabric to facilitate off-chip communication for on-chip units includes dynamically assigning a first unit that implements a first communication protocol to a first portion of the fabric when private fabrics are indicated for the on-chip units. ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296223 | Electronic Apparatus and Control Method of the Electronic Apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, an operating module, a power saving module, a sensor and a controller. The power saving module is configured to turn off a screen of the display when a non-operating period of the operating module ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT A method and system for power supply management in an integrated chip selectively manages the power supplied to the various circuits within the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a combinational logic block, a memory block, a power supply block, and a c... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING AN HDMI PORT THAT IS SHARED BETWEEN HDMI SOURCE FUNCTION AND AN HDMI SINK FUNCTION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system and method for operating an electronic device having a High-Definition Multimedia Interface port that is shared between an HDMI source function and an HDMI sink function of the electronic device utilizes detecting whether an external HDMI device that is attache... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283128 | System and Method for Information Handling System Storage Device Power Consumption Management A storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid state drive, reduces energy consumption by entering a reduced power state after an inactivity time where the inactivity time is set based upon I/O commands received at the storage device. For example, where commands r... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CACHE CONTROL A method and apparatus for dynamically controlling a cache size is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes changing an operating point of a processor from a first operating point to a second operating point, and selectively removing power from one or more ways o... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276817 | MEMORY POWER MANAGER Controlling access to memory includes receiving a plurality of memory access requests and assigning corresponding time values to each. The assigned time values are adjusted based upon a clock pulse and a priority access list is generated. Factors consider include missed... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110264940 | ADAPTIVE ENERGY-EFFICIENT LOCATION DETERMINATION Managing use of a location sensor on a computing device for energy efficiency. The location sensor is briefly initialized to measure the signal quality. The measured signal quality is compared to pre-defined signal criteria values. The signal criteria values correspond ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION CAUSED BY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROCESSORS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit for displaying at least one indicator that indicates status information measured by a slave processor, a master processor for controlling on... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264902 | Method and System For Suspending Video Processor and Saving Processor State in SDRAM Utilizing a Core Processor A method and system are provided in which a multimedia processor comprises a first portion associated with a first of a plurality of power domains and a second portion associated with a second of the plurality of power domains. The first portion and the second portion o... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264942 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Standby Power Reducing standby power of an information apparatus is described. In one aspect, a laptop PC is equipped with an Ethernet controller. The laptop PC operates in an intermittent manner and a DC/DC converter supplies power to the Ethernet controller. The laptop PC determine... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264943 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE The storage control device of the present invention reduces the power consumption amount by stopping the transmission of power to enclosures that are not accessed. A plurality of additional enclosures is switch-connected via backend switches to a base enclosure. Drives ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252180 | MEMORY CONTROLLER MAPPING ON-THE-FLY Systems, methods, and devices for dynamically mapping and remapping memory when a portion of memory is activated or deactivated are provided. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic device may include several memory banks, one or more processors, and a memory co... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252260 | Reducing Power Requirements of a Multiple Core Processor A mechanism is provided for reducing power consumed by a multi-core processor. Responsive to a number of properly functioning processor cores being more than a required number of processor cores in a multi-core processor, the power consumption measurement module determi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246803 | PERFORMING POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON INFORMATION REGARDING ZONES OF DEVICES IN A SYSTEM One or more target components of a system that are not associated with an active initiator are identified, where the identifying is based on information regarding zones of devices in the system. The devices in each of the zones include at least one initiator and at leas... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239026 | POWER EFFICIENT WAY OF OPERATING MOTION SENSORS Systems and methods are described for operating motion sensors in a power-efficient manner. An example technique described herein includes obtaining, at a motion sensor, first indications of sensed motion of a device associated with the motion sensor; integrating, at th... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110239020 | POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON AUTOMATIC WORKLOAD DETECTION An electronic device includes a kernel, a power manager to control power to a hardware component, and a neural network to monitor the kernel to recognize performance of a function of the electronic device. The neural network sends a signal to the power manager to reduce... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231686 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD Power savings for a storage apparatus while preventing a drop in response performance is achieved. When the storage area supplied by the memory apparatus groups is not accessed by the host apparatus for a predetermined period, stop operation is performed for each of the... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231687 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND SERVER SYSTEM According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND flash memory includes a memory cell array includes pages, and a volatile data register with a storage capacity of one page, and configured to write page data to the memory cell array through the data register,... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231688 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER MODES OF HARDWARE RESOURCES A circuit arrangement and method of executing program code which utilize power control instructions capable of dynamically controlling power dissipation of multiple hardware resources during execution of a program by a processor. The processor configured to process such... | 09/22/2011 |
