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Distributing power usage data for low-level components of a computing device to subscribing programs

  • US 9,740,587 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2011
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising:

  • a controller circuit to determine a set of power usage data for a plurality of low-level components of the computing device, the controller circuit and the low-level components being contained in a single computing device;

    an event capture circuit to determine occurrence of an event;

    a fetching circuit to fetch the set of power usage data based on occurrence of the event; and

    a subscription circuit to determine, based on subscription information about a plurality of programs, whether the respective programs should be sent the set of power usage data in response to the event, and wherein the controller circuit expires the set when the set is fetched.

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