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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190937 | Method and system for managing the power state of an audio device integrated in a graphics device One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for managing a power state of an audio device resident in a graphics processing unit. The method includes the steps of directing audio data originated from a client application via an audio path in an audio... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190936 | Method for determining and maximizing unavailability interval The method for maximizing an unavailability interval includes the steps of initializing the starting frame number of each power saving class fi to 1 and adjusting fi to fi′ when the least common multiple of m1, m2 | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190938 | Method and apparatus for controlling energy consumption during resource sharing An approach is provided for controlling energy consumption during resource sharing. One or more peer nodes determine scheduling information relating to when the peer nodes can utilize a predetermined level of communication capacity for sharing a computer resource (e... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185762 | Low power display A low power display device capable of receiving display information on a wireless network and powered by environmental power, without requiring a battery or a wired power connection, is described. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181053 | Power saving device and all-in-one PC having the same for controlling standby power to memory controller and memory A power saving device is configured in an all-in-one PC and has a power module expandably composed of a plurality of Ni-MH cells linked up either in series connection or in parallel connection. When an external alternating power provides power supply for the PC, a c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181052 | Power supply control circuit A power supply control circuit includes a standby control circuit, a microprocessor, and a power supply main circuit. The standby control circuit generates a pulse signal, outputs a first control signal, and sets the first control signal to an active state upon actu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181050 | Adaptive throttling for data processing systems An adaptive throttling system for minimizing the impact of non-production work on production work in a computer system is provided. The adaptive throttling system throttles production work and non-production work to optimize production. The adaptive throttling syste... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181051 | Electronic apparatus and method of conserving energy An electronic apparatus and a method of conserving energy comprises providing an energy-conservation module to control use of one or more energy-saving mechanism by a hardware element. The energy-conservation module comprises a performance estimation module that est... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181054 | 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 ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176348 | Control device and information processing apparatus A control device includes a main control unit that serves as a main component for device control and to which power is supplied from a first power unit; a power control unit that controls the first power unit and to which power is supplied from a second power unit; ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176349 | Look-ahead processor for signaling suitable non-idle performance state for main processor A look-ahead processor identifies instructions that are at least likely to be executed by a main processor. The look-ahead processor determines a power state for the main processor that is suitable for executing the instructions. The look-ahead processor signals the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171323 | Integrated circuit with modular dynamic power optimization architecture A system and method for regulating power consumption within an integrated circuit (IC) with a modular design. The IC is designed so that any one distinct functional module within the IC utilizes only transistors with a substantially same or similar critical voltage ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171322 | Portable electronic devices with power management capabilities An electronic device may operate in standby and active modes. A headset may be coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device may have audio codec circuitry. The audio codec circuitry may use general purpose input-output circuitry in handling button and hea... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171321 | Method and apparatus for cost and power efficient, scalable operating system independent services A low cost, low power consumption scalable architecture is provided to allow a computer system to be managed remotely during all system power states. In a lowest power state, power is only applied to minimum logic necessary to examine a network packet. Power is appl... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166325 | Non main CPU/OS based operational environment A computing system is described that includes a main system bus that remains active while said computing system operates within a non main CPU/OS based operational state. The computing system also includes a controller that operates functional tasks while the comput... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166324 | Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In res... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161308 | Power supply control method and circuit in communication equipment A circuit includes: an input buffer for storing input data; a plurality of processing sections connected in series including a head processing section and a tail-end processing section to sequentially process the input data; and a power supply controller for control... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156360 | Systems and methods for waking wireless LAN devices A system and method for wireless waking computing devices over a computer network is provided. A signal is broadcast over the network that includes one or more device specific wake-up data sequences. Each device specific wake-up data sequence includes multiple itera... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145930 | Storage system and management information acquisition method for power saving The object of the invention is to control the power consumption in a storage subsystem. In a storage system, when a monitor in a host computer acquires information concerning a storage region to manage the storage region, a monitor in the host computer checks whethe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145931 | Imaging device with adaptive power saving behavior and method for use thereon An imaging device with an adaptive power saving behavior conserves power by establishing reduced power mode entry and/or exit timeout values based on device usage statistics. Such an imaging device in some embodiments comprises at least one interface and a processor... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145932 | Systems, methods and media for reducing power consumption in multiple controller information handling systems An information handling system (IHS) provides a method for conserving power. The method includes monitoring at least one performance characteristic of the IHS and determining if the at least one performance characteristic is below a low performance threshold. If the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145933 | Power control circuit A power control circuit includes an input/output controller hub (ICH), and first to third metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). A drain of the first MOSFET is connected to a standby power source through a first resistor. A gate of the first M... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140878 | Power conservation technique for blade computer systems A blade computer system includes a plurality of client devices, a blade enclosure having a plurality of blades therein, and an allocation server configured to allocate and deallocate the blades to and from the client devices. The blade enclosure is configured to pla... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135971 | Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus includes a CPU including a register, a cache memory, a main memory configured to exchange data with the cache memory, a control part configured to control the exchanging of data between the main memory and the cache memory, and a power su... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8117476 | Information processing apparatus, startup method and computer program An information processing apparatus pausing in one of pause states may include a suspension state and a hibernation state, includes a storage control unit for controlling storage of pause state information regarding one of the suspension state and the hibernation st... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117475 | Direct memory access controller A system has a central processing unit (CPU) operable to operate in a sleep or low power mode and in an active mode, a plurality of system components operable to operate in a sleep or low power mode and in an active mode, and a direct memory access (DMA) controller ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117477 | Apparatus and method for entering idle mode in a broadband wireless access (BWA) system A power saving mode is provided. A method for entering a power saving mode of a terminal includes a first operation for starting a first timer after transmitting an idle mode request message; a second operation for, when an idle mode approval message is not received... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112651 | Conserving power in a computer system A power management unit (PMU) may determine an optimal power saving state using a break-even period of a power saving state and an expected idle duration based on a first policy. The PMU may determine the optimal power saving state using a first break even period an... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108704 | Method for automatically switching power states A method for automatically switching power states is disclosed. According to the method, when an electronic apparatus is in a power-saving state and a waking up time is reached, the electronic apparatus is switched into a working state, and when an executing time is... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103890 | Energy saving method and electronic device with optical disc reproduction apparatus An electronic device for selectively reproducing information. The electronic device includes a display, a power supply for supplying power, a switch, and a processor. The switch is connected to the display and the power supply. The processor is connected to the swit... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103892 | Power management apparatus with buck boost converter module A power management apparatus includes a first electrical lead and a second electrical lead. The first electrical lead routes electrical current at a first electrical lead electrical potential level and the second electrical lead route electrical current at a second ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103891 | Efficient low power retrieval techniques of media data from non-volatile memory Power consumption may be reduced in a media device including a first processor coupled to the non-volatile memory, either directly or indirectly, allowing the first processor to generate a pointer structure. The first processor may also be coupled, either directly o... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095815 | System for reducing power consumption in an electronic chip A system for reducing power consumption in an electronic device comprising at least one electronic chip comprises a plurality of local access network (LAN) ports, a transceiver coupled between the LAN ports and the electronic chip, a PLA device, and a central proces... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095814 | Computing device power management A system, method, and computer usable medium for computing device power management. The method includes identifying a correlation between active states of a computing device and active states of a connected device connected to the computing device through a network,... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090967 | Power state transition initiation control of memory interconnect based on early warning signal, memory response time, and wakeup delay A proposal for power management control of an interconnect structure based on power state transition control. The power state transition is based on generating early warning signals and an idle timeout value setting based on response time and detection of subsequent... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090968 | Apparatus and method for power management control A power management control apparatus including a memory unit configured to store a program for disabling a previously determined Link power management state when a system enters a specific operating state and for enabling the disabled Link power management state whe... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086886 | Group power management of network devices A method and apparatus for group power management of network devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include a power management module, where the power management module is to transition the apparatus from a normal state to a low power state. The apparatus include... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082460 | Network-connectable device and method for managing power of the network connectable device using a plurality of power modes A network-connectable device is configured to communicate with one or more computer-related devices via a network. The network-connectable device includes: a mode selector configured to select a power mode between a first power mode and a second power mode; a power ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082459 | Power management based on policy A machine's power usage may be managed by a power-management policy. When a program makes a request that involves use of one of the machine's power-consuming devices, the policy may take into account factors such as the program's status, where the status indicates t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078896 | Adaptive power saving A device may enter a first active state associated with a device, exit the first active state and entering a sleep state associated with the device when user input is not received within a inactivity period, receive a first user input at the device during the sleep ... | 12/13/2011 |
