Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Patent
1997-08-07
1999-11-02
Auve, Glenn A.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
713324, 713320, 713330, G06F 1720
Patent
active
059789239
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a power saving feature in a computer system such as a desktop computer using the Windows.TM. operating system. The computer system includes one or more "sleep" buttons which selectively reduce power consumption to subsystems based on the status of various consumer devices which share the subsystems with a computer function of the system. From the user's perspective, each sleep button acts as a power switch for the computer but not for devices associated with the computer. Each sleep button transitions the computer from its normal power-on state to one or more power saving states depending on which consumer devices are active.
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Co-pending U.S. patent application Serial No. 08/700,998, filed Aug. 21, 1996, entitled "Personality Module and System for Controlling Multi-Media Devices Matrix".
Auve Glenn A.
Phan Raymond N
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.
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