Rapid access to data on a powered down personal computer
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1. A computer for providing access to data, comprising:
- an operating system;
a component to collect user data if an application program is executing under the operating system and store the user data in a file on the computer;
a User Interface to output the user data stored in the file if the operating system is not executing; and
a display;
wherein the user data includes at least one of calendar events, a task list, contacts, and email messages, and wherein the computer includes a key activatable by the user to activate the User Interface without also causing the operating system to load, and wherein the User Interface causes the user data to be displayed on the display.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide rapid access to information stored on a personal computing device even though the personal computing device is powered off or otherwise in a low-power consumption state such as a sleep state or hibernation state. An software component gathers user data in a location such as a non-volatile memory associated with a host computer. A browser component accesses the stored data and makes it available to the user when the host computer is powered down or otherwise in a state of low power consumption.
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1. A computer for providing access to data, comprising:
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an operating system; a component to collect user data if an application program is executing under the operating system and store the user data in a file on the computer; a User Interface to output the user data stored in the file if the operating system is not executing; and a display; wherein the user data includes at least one of calendar events, a task list, contacts, and email messages, and wherein the computer includes a key activatable by the user to activate the User Interface without also causing the operating system to load, and wherein the User Interface causes the user data to be displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer that is adapted to execute an application program and to be placed in a powered off state or a state of reduced power consumption, the computer comprising:
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a component to execute on the computer and to collect user data if the application program is executing in an operating system on the computer system and store the user data in a file; a user interface independent of the operating system that is to output the user data stored in the file if, prior to output of the user data, the computer is in a powered off or reduced power consumption state; a display; wherein the user data includes at least one of calendar events, a task list, contacts, and email messages, and wherein the computer includes a key activatable by the user to activate the User Interface without also causing an operating system to load, and wherein the User Interface causes the user data to be displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing access to data in a host system, comprising the acts of:
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storing in a file, using a component, user data generated from an application program executing in an operating system, wherein the user data includes at least one of calendar events a task list contacts, and email messages; reading the user data in the file with a browser without executing the operating system; upon activating a key, outputting the user data on a user interface without executing the operating system; and displaying the user data on a display. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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