Delaying the initiation of transitioning to a lower power mode by placing a computer system into an intermediate power mode between a normal power mode and the lower power mode
US9116704B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method may include operating a device in a first power mode, setting flag(s), each flag representing an executing task, detecting a request to place the device in a second power mode. The second power mode consumes less system resources than the first power mode, and delaying the transition to the second power mode by placing the device in a third power mode that consumes less system resources than the first power mode but more than the second power mode. While in the third power mode, the method may include estimating an amount of system resources required for each of the task(s), determining if the total estimated amount of system resources to complete each of the task(s) exceeds one or more system resource threshold values, and if the estimated total amount of system resources exceeds the one or more system resource threshold values, ceasing execution of the task(s).
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