Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-04
2011-01-04
Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07865752
ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus, and program product for reducing unwanted host wake-up messages. A host computer finds a port in use by a host application, selects program information based on the port in use by the application, and sends the program information to a port filter. The port filter receives a packet that contains a port identifier. The port-filter uses the program information to decide whether there is a host application associated with the port identifier and sends a wake-up message to the host computer only when there is an associated host application.
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Chang Eric
Intel Corporation
Lee Thomas
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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