Power management method and device thereof
First Claim
1. A power management method for a mobile device comprising a basic input output system (BIOS) and an embedded controller (EC), the power management method comprising:
- determining whether the mobile device operates in a direct current (DC) mode;
determining whether a loading of an operating system of the mobile device exceeds a predetermined value corresponding to power consumption status;
adding a flag associated with the embedded controller in a physical memory of the mobile device when the mobile device is operated in the DC mode and the loading of the operating system exceeds the predetermined value; and
reading the flag in the physical memory via the basic input output system, to notify the embedded controller to perform a power management process corresponding to the flag.
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Abstract
A power management method for a mobile device including a basic input output system (BIOS) and an embedded controller (EC) includes determining whether the mobile device is operated in a direct current (DC) mode, determining whether a loading of an operating system of the mobile device exceeds a predetermined value, adding a flag associated with the embedded controller in a physical memory of the mobile device when the mobile device is operated in the DC mode and the loading of the operating system exceeds the predetermined value, and reading the flag in the physical memory via the basic input output system, to notify the embedded controller to perform a power management process corresponding to the flag.
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19 Claims
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1. A power management method for a mobile device comprising a basic input output system (BIOS) and an embedded controller (EC), the power management method comprising:
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determining whether the mobile device operates in a direct current (DC) mode; determining whether a loading of an operating system of the mobile device exceeds a predetermined value corresponding to power consumption status; adding a flag associated with the embedded controller in a physical memory of the mobile device when the mobile device is operated in the DC mode and the loading of the operating system exceeds the predetermined value; and reading the flag in the physical memory via the basic input output system, to notify the embedded controller to perform a power management process corresponding to the flag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile device with a function of power management, comprising:
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an embedded controller for detecting whether the mobile device operates in a DC mode; an operating system for detecting whether a loading of the operating system exceeds a predetermined value and comprises a driver for adding a flag associated with the embedded controller in a physical memory of the mobile device when the mobile device operates in the DC mode and the loading of the operating system exceeds the predetermined value corresponding to power consumption status; and a basic input output system (BIOS) for reading the flag in the physical memory via the basic input output system, to notify the embedded controller to perform a power management process corresponding to the flag. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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