Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-27
2008-05-27
Shin, Christopher (Department: 2181)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
C710S058000, C710S014000, C710S019000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07380147
ABSTRACT:
A computer device is disclosed comprising at least one component operable to process commands at command intervals, and control circuitry operable to set an idle mode timeout interval. The control circuitry stores a plurality of the command intervals, and then evaluates the command intervals to set the timeout interval by finding a qualifying number of the command intervals that fall within a sliding window. The component is configured into an idle mode if a most recent command interval exceeds the timeout interval. In this manner, after entering the idle mode the probability that the next command will be processed within the sliding window is reduced, thereby helping to optimize power consumption.
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Sheerin, Esq. Howard H.
Shin Christopher
Western Digital Technologies Inc.
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