Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
C713S300000, C713S322000, C713S323000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07120806
ABSTRACT:
The invention may be embodied in a method for operating a disk drive in a mobile device to optimize power usage based on an application category. The mobile device may be a hand held computing device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone. A technique of the invention may spin down the disk drive after an adjustable delay time interval that is set based on an application category associated with a most recent data transfer command.
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Codilian Raffi
Hanan Thomas D.
Sareen Anil
Browne Lynne H.
Evans, Esq. Jason T.
Fawcett, Esq. Robroy R.
Western Digital Technologies Inc.
Yanchus, III Paul
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