Computer system having a screen saver with a power shutdown func

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1998-04-20

2000-06-13

Auve, Glenn A.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

Power conservation

G06F 132

Patent

active

060761695

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a computer system having a screen saver with a power shutdown function and the control method thereof, comprising a timer for measuring time, an input device for inputting, and a controller for automatically terminating an operating system program when there has been no input signal from an input device for a predetermined time while a screen saver is operating. The computer system having a screen saver with a power shutdown function terminates all programs and the operating system program, such as Microsoft Windows, and then shuts down the power to a computer if there has been no input for a predetermined time while the screen saver is operating under the operating system program.

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