System for retaining power management settings across sleep states

• US 7,716,504 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Nijhawan, Vijay B., Pant, Alok
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rehman; Mohammed H
• Application Number:
  US11/457,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 713/320
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3228 Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands

Abstract

A method for adjusting power management setting of the operating system while the system is in a sleep state. When a user attaches or removes power to the information handling system while the system is in a standby mode of operation, the sleep state system generates a wakeup event. During the resume process, the operating system checks a current power state of the information handling system and compares the current power state to the power state settings present when the information handling system entered the sleep state, resets the power state settings if necessary and then causes the information handling system to reenter the sleep state.

Claims

1. A method for retaining power management setting across sleep states in an information handling system comprising:

setting an information handling system to operating in a sleep state;

monitoring a power condition of the information handling system while the information handling system is operating in the sleep state, the power condition indicating whether power is coupled to the information handling system;

generating a wakeup event if a change to the power condition occurs;

determining power management settings for the change to the power condition;

setting the power management settings to apply to the change to the power condition;

resetting the information handling system to the sleep state after setting the power management settings to correspond to the change to the power condition; and

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continuing to monitor the power condition of the information handling system.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

setting a wakeup timer before resetting the information handling system to the sleep state.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the resetting the information handling system to the sleep state is affected by generating a suspend event signal.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting an option for changing the power management settings for each power condition of the information handling system.

5. An apparatus for retaining power management setting across sleep states in an information handling system comprising:

means for setting an information handling system to operating in a sleep state;

means for monitoring a power condition of the information handling system while the information handling system is operating in the sleep state, the power condition indicating whether power is coupled to the information handling system;

means for generating a wakeup event if a change to the power condition occurs;

means for determining power management settings for the change to the power condition;

means for setting the power management settings to apply to the change to the power condition;

means for resetting the information handling system to the sleep state after setting the power management settings to correspond to the change to the power condition; and

means for continuing to monitor the power condition of the information handling system.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising:

means for setting a wakeup timer before resetting the information handling system to the sleep state.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein:

the resetting the information handling system to the sleep state is affected by generating a suspend event signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising:

means for presenting an option for changing the power management settings for each power condition of the information handling system.

9. An information handling system comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor, the memory including a wakeup system for retaining power management setting across sleep states, the wakeup system including instructions for

setting the information handling system to operate in a sleep state;

monitoring a power condition of the information handling system while the information handling system is operating in the sleep state, the power condition indicating whether power is coupled to the information handling system;

generating a wakeup event if a change to the power condition occurs;

determining power management settings for the change to the power condition;

setting the power management settings to apply to the change to the power condition; and

resetting the information handling system to the sleep state after setting the power management settings to correspond to the change to the power condition; and

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continuing to monitor the power condition of the information handling system.

10. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the wakeup system further includes instructions for:

setting a wakeup timer before resetting the information handling system to the sleep state.

11. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein:

the resetting the information handling system to the sleep state is affected by generating a suspend event signal.

12. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein the wakeup system further includes instructions for:

presenting an option for changing the power management settings for each power condition of the information handling system.