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7373537 Response to wake event while a system is in reduced power consumption state  
An apparatus adapted to facilitate execution of task or tasks in response to a detection of an occurrence of one of one or more particular wake events while a system is in a reduced power...
7370220 Method and apparatus for controlling power sequencing of a plurality of electrical/electronic devices  
A method and apparatus for managing power sequencing in a data storage system. The turn-on or spin-up sequence for the media drives in an array of media drives is selectively controlled such that...
7369184 Digital broadcast receiving apparatus  
In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, when a power source operation input is done by a user during execution of a starting sequence, a control part stops the execution of the starting...
7363518 Information handling system with power fault protection circuit  
An information handling system (IHS) employs a power fault protection circuit to protect the IHS from overvoltages which may occur on an information line from a power adapter to the IHS. The system...
7363525 Bidirectional inline power port  
A method and apparatus for bidirectional provision of inline power over data telecommunications cabling permits power to be received at a local powered device (PD) from remote power sourcing...
7360100 Intelligent power management control system and method  
Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a dynamic power management system. The system includes a power input providing power to an imaging system, measurement unit(s) for measuring...
7356386 Method for reducing instantaneous current on startup  
A method for reducing instantaneous current on startup is applicable to an electronic device with a management controller. The management controller is electrically connected to a startup...
7356718 Semiconductor memory circuit and method for operating the same in a standby mode  
A semiconductor memory circuit having a controller by means of which the semiconductor memory circuit can be switched into a standby mode with a reduced power requirement, comprises an analog...
7353407 Methods and apparatus for provisioning phantom power to remote devices  
An apparatus provisions power from a power budget to remote devices configured to obtain phantom power. The apparatus includes, among other things, a controller which is configured to identify a...
7350089 System for memory hot swap  
A system may include a motherboard, a chipset coupled to the motherboard, a memory module mount coupled to the chipset, a power transistor electrically coupled to the memory module mount, a voltage...
7343502 Method and apparatus for dynamic DLL powerdown and memory self-refresh  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for conserving power in an electronic device. In particular, embodiments of the present invention dynamically place the memory in...
7343519 Disk drive power cycle screening method and apparatus for data storage system  
The present invention is a disk drive power cycle screening method and apparatus for a data storage system. In an exemplary aspect of the present invention, a disk drive power cycle screening...
7340627 Method and system for supplementing current during enumeration of a USB device  
A method and device for supplementing current from the USB bus for enumerating USB devices that require additional current beyond that allowable by USB bus specification. A chargeable power source,...
7340625 Process and apparatus for reducing power usage microprocessor devices operating from stored energy sources  
A process and apparatus for preparing said process for reducing the power consumption of microprocessor-based devices by reducing the frequency of the oscillator governing the logical operation of...
7340550 USB schedule prefetcher for low power  
A circuit for monitoring future Universal Serial Bus (USB) activities is described. Specifically, the circuit may comprise a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine schedule prefetcher. The DMA engine...
7340624 Clock control system and clock control method  
This invention relates to a clock control system including a CPU, a peripheral functional block for the CPU, a frequency multiplication circuit which multiplies the frequency of an input system...
7337342 Power supply sequencing distributed among multiple devices with linked operation  
A system and method is provided to accomplish distributed power sequencing function of a large electronics system with minimum number of signals in the sequencing network without compromising the...
7334144 Host-based power savings method and apparatus  
A system which includes a disk drive or other storage device coupled to a host system provides for reduction of the amount or rate of drive power consumption using procedures which are at least...
7334139 Power supply control apparatus, power supply control system, and administration apparatus  
A system performs the power supply control of a plurality of information processing apparatuses at a low cost without relation to the intrinsic function of the information processing apparatus and...
7325148 Power supply management system in parallel processing system by OS for single processors and power supply management program therefor  
In a parallel processing system by an OS for single processors which operates an OS and an existing application for single processors on a multiprocessor to realize parallel processing by the...
7325100 Apparatus and method for entering and exiting low power mode  
An apparatus for entering and exiting low power mode comprising a processor having a cache; a power management mechanism connected to said processor for controlling a plurality of power management...
7325151 Program, recording medium, method, and information processing apparatus for controlling an execution mode of a CPU  
Disclosed is a program product for directing the information processing apparatus to control an execution mode of a central processing unit(CPU) provided, the CPU having a plurality of execution...
7321976 Information processing apparatus, power supply control method for plural information processing apparatuses, and storage medium therefore  
A representative computer requests performing a power-down process to other computer and notifies each of other computers of a next power-up date and time each time a power-down date and time...
7315952 Power state coordination between devices sharing power-managed resources  
Methods and apparatuses for coordination of power state management in and electronic system.
7308590 Automatic dynamic processor operating voltage control  
A technique to adjust a processor's operating voltage dynamically while preventing a user from placing the processor into a harmful operating voltage state in relation to the core/bus frequency...
7305572 Disk drive input sequencing for staggered drive spin-up  
Disk drive spin-up is staggered to reduce peak power requirements. Spin-up of the drives is controlled by selectively delaying voltage inputs to the disk drives. Alternately, spin-up of the drives...
7302600 Power supply detection method, apparatus, and system  
Circuits in a processor may provide an indication that power supplies are ready when waking from a reduced power state. The processor may include timers to measure a period of time, and may utilize...
7299370 Method and apparatus for improved reliability and reduced power in a processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states  
A method and apparatus automatically transferring to an enhanced low-power state of a processor is disclosed. In one embodiment, either all or a portion of a processor core clock distribution grid...
7299373 Systems and methods for a controllable release of power supply in a mobile device  
Systems and methods are disclosed for removing a power supply from a host unit running a computer program, without losing data or causing a cold boot. The present invention employs a retaining...
7296168 Method and apparatus to minimize power and ground bounce in a logic device  
A predictive power regulation apparatus and method that minimizes power and ground bounce in a logic device. The apparatus includes a predictor and a voltage or current smoothing device connected...
7295935 Analyzing and/or displaying power consumption in redundant servers  
A method of analyzing power consumption in an information handling system is provided. A voltage associated with a current share signal may be determined. A power load associated with the...
7296172 Power control and management method for uninterruptible power system and servers  
A power control and management method for servers connected to an uninterruptible power system (UPS) comprises: detecting current power supply statuses of the UPS and the servers; detecting...
7293182 Methods and apparatus for powering a data communications port  
A data communications device includes a supervisory circuit, a power supply, and a power circuit. The power circuit includes a data communications port, a power supply connection coupled to the...
7293187 Image sensing apparatus and power managing method  
If supply of power from a main power source is insufficient but power being supplied from a communication interface (such as a USB interface) is sufficient, an image sensing apparatus (such as a...
7290125 Method for scheduling launch a computer system based upon a time of timed power-on partition of logical partitions  
Methods, systems, and media for timed power-on in a logically partitioned environment are disclosed. Embodiments may disclose determining a time period based upon a time to launch a partition and a...
7290154 Probabilistic and introverted switching to conserve energy in a digital system  
A processor having binary switches is configured to operate at a predetermined probability value that the logical value of each switch is correct. A supply voltage is coupled to the binary...
7281149 Systems and methods for transitioning a CPU from idle to active  
A system for transitioning a CPU from idle to active comprises a sequencer operable to receive a stopclock signal and generate a controlled transitioning signal in response thereto, and a speed...
7281150 Methods and apparatus for controlling operation of a data storage system  
A data storage system includes power circuitry configured to provide power signals, storage processing circuitry configured to perform data storage operations, and a packaged microcontroller...
7278041 Data processing system and method  
The present invention relates to a data processing system and method in which an indicator is used to provide an indication of whether or not it is safe to maintain the data processing system....
7278036 System and method for starting up plural electronic devices in an orderly manner  
A system for starting up plural electronic devices includes an external controller, a power source, and four backboards. The external controller includes four output ends. Each backboard includes a...
7275170 Performance controller of electronic device, performance controlling method and computer program product  
A performance scheduler creates performance schedule of a battery based on use schedule of applications and residual charge level. A mode controller monitors and controls performance levels of a...
7275169 Graphical view of shutdown process  
A method of controlling shutdown of processes on equipment powered through a UPS comprises: providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device; displaying on the graphical display...
7272733 Method of providing dynamic power redundancy based on a difference of current power units and currently needed power units  
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of providing dynamic power redundancy for a system. A number of power supply units, n, that are presently in an up state is tracked. In addition, a...
7269753 Mapping power system components  
Power system components are mapped using a controller and a data collection system. The controller is operable to transmit a first power system component ID for the first power system component to...
7263622 Power-saving device for controlling circuit operation, and information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus includes a first function block which controls rendering and a second function block which controls operation modes of the first function block. The rendering is...
7263625 Power supply controller for changing in a predetermined temporal order a combination of voltages supplied to an information processor  
A power supply controller which controls a power supply unit for supplying a plurality of different voltages has a state register section which stores state values corresponding to a combination of...
7257004 Power delivery system for integrated circuits  
A system for delivering power to an integrated circuit (IC) component mounted on a circuit board includes a circuit board having a first side and an opposite second side. An IC component is mounted...
7257724 Method and apparatus for power management in a local area network  
A method of power management for use in a local area network, in which a plurality of local area network nodes are supplied power over communication cabling, the method comprising: supplying power...
7254726 System and method for managing system events by creating virtual events in an information handling system  
In a computer system or information handling system, a virtual system event provides for the communication of the notification of a system events from the hardware of the computer system to the...
7254733 Method of shutting down virtual machines in an orderly manner  
A technique for shutting down virtual machines in a computer system which comprises a real computer and a virtual machine operating system. The virtual machine operating system comprises a common...