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System for energy efficient computer management environment via tightly integrated target status and directed work sessions

US8352623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gene Wayne Cherry · Austin, US
Christopher Victor Lazzaro · Austin, US
Dasgupta Ranjan · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2008
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for providing an energy efficient computer management environment via tightly integrated target status and directed work sessions. The illustrative embodiments query, by a lightweight communication means, an availability status of a target computer device using a status thread. The status of the target computer device is recorded in a memory of a central computer according to response from the server thread. Responsive to an absence of a response by the target computer, the illustrative embodiments query, by a heavyweight communication means, the status of the target computer device using the status thread.

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