Timer-controlled computer system power management
First Claim
1. A system for managing power levels for a general-purpose computer, comprising:
- power management routines for providing multiple power levels;
power-switching circuitry for switching between power levels;
a real time clock; and
control logic routines operable for providing initiation times-of-day for changing the power levels;
wherein the real time clock provides a signal to the power-switching circuitry to initiate a change in power level based on a specific time of day.
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Abstract
A system for managing power levels for a general purpose computer having a standby and a full-power mode of operation provides apparatus and a method for monitoring times of user input and control routines for using the times of user input to calculate optimum times for initiating full power operation and standby mode. The control routines are configured to provide the optimum times to a real time clock that remains powered in the standby mode, which triggers switching elements to initiate full power and standby mode. In one embodiment of the system, startup and standby may be initiated either by user input or automatically by the power management system. Startup and standby initiation times may be different for different days and time periods based on both preprogrammed and calculated values.
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13 Claims
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1. A system for managing power levels for a general-purpose computer, comprising:
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power management routines for providing multiple power levels; power-switching circuitry for switching between power levels; a real time clock; and control logic routines operable for providing initiation times-of-day for changing the power levels; wherein the real time clock provides a signal to the power-switching circuitry to initiate a change in power level based on a specific time of day. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A general-purpose computer comprising:
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power management routines for providing multiple power levels; power switching circuitry for switching between power levels; a real time clock; and control logic routines operable for providing initiation times-of-day for changing the power levels; wherein the real time clock provides a signal to the power-switching circuitry to initiate a change in power level based on a specific time of day. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing power levels for a general-purpose computer, comprising steps of:
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monitoring user input through logic routines for determining startup initiation and standby initiation times-of-day based on times-of-day of the user input; providing the initiation times-of-day to a real time clock; and signaling for changing power levels by output from the real time clock to power switching circuitry adapted to change power levels for the general-purpose computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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