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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421591 | Data flow control system and method for conserving power in a power managed system A system and method for conserving power in a power managed information handling system are provided. While the host unit or central processing unit of the information handling system is in a reduced power state, the communication controller maintains received data ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421595 | Device and method for managing a standby state of a microprocessor A microprocessor includes a computation unit having logic units for executing operations associated with determined instructions of a microprocessor instruction set and a control unit for interpreting the instructions and for controlling the logic units accordingly.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421601 | Method and system for controlling power in a chip through a power-performance monitor and control unit A system and method for controlling power and performance in a microprocessor system includes a monitoring and control system integrated into a microprocessor system. The monitoring and control system includes a hierarchical architecture having a plurality of layers... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421603 | Method for monitoring the operating readiness of at least one memory element assigned to an electronic unit A method for monitoring the operating readiness of memory elements which are assigned to an electronic unit, an engine control unit for example. Furthermore, an electronic unit for executing the method and a computer program, as well as a computer program product ar... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421600 | Power saving method A power-saving method of continuous display and effective cost in a system that includes memory directly accessed by a CPU and at least one display device within vertical blanking. The method includes the following steps: issuing a Power-saving related message; drop... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421596 | Disk array system In a disk array system, multiplexed clusters and multiplexed power source units for supplying power sources to the respective clusters are arranged. Each cluster has a power failure judging unit for judging the power source condition of other cluster. In response to... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421599 | Power management server and method for managing power consumption A power management server and method for managing power consumption is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power management server data processing system is provided, where the power management server data processing system comprises a power management communi... | 09/02/2008 |
| RE40473 | Dynamic performance adjustment of computation means A dynamic performance circuit adjustment system and method that flexibly adjusts the performance of a logic circuit. The dynamic performance circuit adjustment system and method facilitates flexible power conservation. In one exemplary implementation, a dynamic perf... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418606 | High quality and high performance three-dimensional graphics architecture for portable handheld devices A high quality and performance 3D graphics architecture suitable for portable handheld devices is provided. The 3D graphics architecture incorporates a module to classify polygons by size and other characteristics. In general, small and well-behaved triangles can be... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418561 | Adaptive throttling of memory accesses, such as throttling RDRAM accesses in a real-time system Apparatus and methods to adaptively throttle accesses to memory employ a masking tool to specify the percentage of memory bandwidth available for access. The apparatus applies the mask and monitors the number of memory accesses during a throttle-monitoring window. I... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418614 | External signal detection circuit and real-time clock An external signal detection circuit includes an input port, to which a first end of a circuit including a pull-up resistor connected in series with a first switch portion is connected, the input port receiving an input of an external signal; an input detection port... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418610 | Optical disk drive with power save mode The present invention relates to a portable optical disk drive having a power save mode for reducing the energy consumption. It is an object of the invention to propose an improved solution for a power save mode. This object is achieved by a method for driving an op... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418608 | Method and an apparatus for managing power consumption of a server A method and an apparatus for managing power consumption of a server have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes allowing a user to set a power management policy on a server, monitoring power consumption of a plurality of blades in the server, and au... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418605 | System for controlling power to sequential and combinatorial logic circuitry in an integrated circuit A method for reducing power consumption in an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit having a power reduction feature. The integrated circuit has at least two functional circuit blocks and two upper supply rails. A first upper supply rail is coupled to the fir... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418609 | Method for instant on multimedia playing A method for instant on multimedia playing is provided, which enables a computer to selectively enter an operation mode of an IOMP (Instant On Multimedia Player) program when it enters a power conservation mode. First, a computer system stays in the power conservati... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418607 | Automatic power conservation method for an optical media device The present invention relates to an automatic power conservation method for an optical media device, which is capable of turning off other circuit components that are still in operation using the host interface of the optical media device when the optical media devi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415604 | Method for adjusting an operating rate of a graphics card A method for increasing an operating rate of a graphics card includes: raising a rotation rate of a radiator fan of a graphics processing unit chip of the graphics card to a first rotation rate according to a rate increasing command; raising a voltage inputted to th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415548 | Communication network having a plurality of bridging nodes which transmits a polling message with backward learning technique to determine communication pathway An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the intermediate base stations into an optimal spanning-tree network to ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415622 | Adaptive digital power control system An adaptive digital power control system is disclosed, which implements a digitally controlled, near real-time algorithm to accommodate multiple loop current mode controls for low voltage, high performance computing system power needs. For example, an adaptive digit... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415623 | System for managing the power source life between multiple individually powered devices in a wired system and method of using same A power management system (100) includes a group of individually powered electronic devices (101-107) connected with a power management controller (109). The power management controller (109) operates to determine the operation and... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415624 | System and method for saving power in a wireless network by reducing power to a wireless station for a time interval if a received packet fails an integrity check A method, an apparatus and a carrier medium storing instructions to implement the method. The method is in a first wireless station of a wireless network, and includes wirelessly receiving a signal corresponding to a packet wirelessly transmitted by a second wireles... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415625 | Policy table rule based processor side bus signaling A system and method for selecting a computer hardware component of a computing system to throttle based on a selection policy is disclosed. A co-thermal control system may receive a first signal indicating a first condition for a plurality of computer hardware compo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415544 | Architecture and method for the centralised control of remote peripheral electronic devices Architecture and method for the centralised control of events occurring in correspondence with remote peripheral electronic devices, in particular wireless devices, provided with radio units which are periodically turned on and turned off in order to limit electric ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412615 | Information processing equipment and power consumption control method Information processing equipment is so constructed that the power consumption of a disk drive for hard disks, optical disks, or the like can be reliably and sufficiently reduced. The host CPU (120) of an information processing unit (100) forms a comman... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412611 | Power management with low power processes Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with selectively regulating power consumption by a computing system are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes receiving a signal that power regulation is desired for a computing system. Th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412612 | Dynamically optimized power converter A device and method for dynamically optimizing a power converter is disclosed. The dynamically optimized power converter unit includes a processor that maximizes efficiency of a power converter supplying energy to a load. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412613 | Integrated circuit devices that support dynamic voltage scaling of power supply voltages An integrated circuit device is provided with a power supply voltage generator therein. This voltage generator is configured to respond to an operating mode control signal by generating first and second power supply voltages at equivalent voltage levels when the ope... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411857 | Power savings in active standby mode Apparatus for reducing the power consumed by a memory device selectively activates a power saving mode in which operation of a delay compensation circuit may be suspended during an active power down mode of operation. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412609 | Handling wake events in a device driver The present invention provides a unified layer for Plug and Play (PnP) components and power management components while relieving device drivers from system-level complexities associated with implementing PnP and/or power management functionality. The layer operates... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409568 | Power supply voltage droop compensated clock modulation for microprocessors A voltage source droop compensated clock modulation for microprocessors is described. Specifically, the circuit reduces the clock frequency if a voltage source droop is detected. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409570 | Multiprocessor system for decrypting and resuming execution of an executing program after transferring the program code between two processors via a shared main memory upon occurrence of predetermined condition One or more processors within a computing system and the processor(s)' associated local memories may be operatively connected to a main memory enabling data transfer between the main memory and the local memories, in which the computing system can carry out actions ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409567 | Devices with reciprocal wake-up function from the standby mode Apparatus (20) having two devices (21, 22) which can be connected to one another via an interface (23, 24), where the devices (21, 22) each have an activation unit which, upon receipt of a control signal at a control input, prompts the re... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409571 | Systems and methods for a controllable release of power supply in a mobile device Systems and methods are disclosed for removing a power supply from a host unit running a computer program, without losing data or causing a cold boot. The present invention employs a retaining assembly for the power supply that delays removal of the power supply unt... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409565 | Method, program and apparatus for power control through an electronic information device in a magnetic disk unit A power control method for a magnetic disk unit is disclosed. The method includes identifying a type of a last instruction sent to a magnetic disk unit and, in response to identifying the type, setting a wait time that varies according to the type. In response to th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409564 | Digital radiography detector with thermal and power management Systems and methods are provided for managing power consumption of a medical imaging detector by the use of triggering signals, environmental condition data, and/or determination of a variable time interval triggering event that is unique for each power consumption ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409569 | System and method for application driven power management among intermittently coupled interoperable electronic devices System, device, method, and computer program and computer program products for providing communicating between devices having similar or dissimilar characteristics and facilitating seamless interoperability between them. Computer program software and methods of and ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406609 | Method and apparatus for minimizing leakage current in semiconductor logic Leakage current in semiconductor logic can be minimized using the present systems and techniques. For example, a CMOS circuit for low leakage battery operation can connect a real time clock to the power supply when available or to a low leakage source when the power... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406545 | Disk drive or any serial attached device logging a cable loss event An information storage device is disclosed (such as a disk drive) comprising an interface for connecting to a host through a cable, and control circuitry for communicating with the host over the cable by executing a communication process. The communication processes... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406610 | Computing system with low power states and proxy for integration with legacy application software A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one or more components of the computing system are inactivated so as to ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406612 | Information handling system including standby/wakeup feature dependent on sensed conditions A portable information handling system is provided that monitors one or more sensed conditions to determine if the system is currently placed in an unusable state. If the system determines that it has been placed in an unusable state such as being placed in the dark... | 07/29/2008 |
