Intel Corporation

Gunner D Danneels

Ned M Smith

James P Kardach

Jeffrey L Huckins

Uma M Gadamsetty

Brian V Belmont

Richard A Forand

Riley W Jackson

Muthu K Kumar

Kristoffer Fleming

Peter A Nee

Philip R Lantz

Eric Davison

David S Lourie

Vincent J Zimmer

Rajesh Poornachandran

Vedvyas Shanbhogue

Vivek G Gupta

Kristoffer D Flemming

Gregory Gates

John Charles Weast

Krishnan Rajamani

Prakash N Iyer

Nicholas J Adams

Nithyananda Siva Jeganathan

Suresh Sugumar

Ketan R Sampat

James Tsai

Pedro E Fajardo

Russell Downing

Robert A Schlesinger

Galen Spooner

Pochang Hsu

Jim W Edwards

Terry Downs

Geoffrey W Peters

Rama R Prasad

Venu Madhav Kuchibhotla

Michael B Andrews

Katherine Cox

Robert M Odell

Troy Acott

Ramamurthy Sivakumar

Jason J Howes

Leora J Gregory

Sameer Kalbag

Lance Carroll

An apparatus is provided that includes a microcontroller to facilitate data communication within a system comprising a plurality of peripheral devices, a power manager to put the microcontroller into a sleep state to save power, and an I/O controller to enable communication between two or more particular peripheral devices in the plurality of peripheral devices without involvement of the microcontroller while the microcontroller is in the sleep state. The microcontroller is to wake from the sleep state in response to at least one signal from a component of the system external to the microcontroller and communication between at least some of the plurality of peripheral devices is facilitated using the microcontroller when in an awake state.

Non main CPU/OS based operational environment

Technologies for dynamic display include a mobile compute device that comprises a display transformable between at least two different physical topologies. The mobile compute device determines a current physical topology of the display and retrieves a policy based on the determined current physical topology. The policy identifies a corresponding action to occur in response to each of one or more user inputs to the mobile compute device while the display has the current physical topology. The mobile compute device processes a user input based on the retrieved policy.

Technologies for dynamic display with a transformable display

A computing system is described that includes a main system bus that remains active while said computing system operates within a non main CPU/OS based operational state. The computing system also includes a controller that operates functional tasks while the computing system is within the non main CPU/OS based operational state. The computing system also includes an I/O unit coupled to the main system bus that remains active while the computing system operates within the non main CPU/OS based operational state.

Embodiments include systems and methods for allowing a host CPU to sleep while service presence packets and responses to search requests are sent by an alternate processor. While the CPU is in a low power state, the alternate processor monitors the network for incoming request packets. Also, while the CPU is asleep, the alternate processor periodically may transmit presence packets, announcing the presence of a service available from the host system of the CPU. In one embodiment, the alternate processor is a low power processor. If a search request is received when the CPU is in a low power state, the alternate processor responds to the search request according to whether the PC provides that service. If a service request is received, then the ME wakes the CPU of the PC to provide the requested service. In the wireless case, when the CPU is asleep, portions of the wireless upper MAC are implemented by the ME. When the CPU is awake the wireless upper MAC is implemented in the CPU. Thus, embodiments enable the PC to appear available to wireless devices when the CPU is asleep.

Systems and methods for wake on event in a network

A method and apparatus for controlling power up of an electronic device with a video camera is provided. The present invention provides for using a video camera attached to an electronic device, such as a computer system, to cause the electronic device to be powered up from sleep mode when motion is detected. The electronic device may also be powered up from being shut down. In one embodiment, the video camera includes a processor and memory that compare consecutive frames captured by the video camera. When the electronic device is in sleep mode, if consecutive frames are the same, the video camera continues to monitor the scene without generating an output signal. If the frames are different, motion is detected and the video camera generates a signal that is used to determine whether the electronic device should power up. In this manner, the electronic device may begin the powering up process before the user of the device interacts with the device.

Method and apparatus for powering on an electronic device with a video camera that detects motion

A method is described that involves operating a computing system within a normal on state and transitioning from the normal on state to a main CPU/OS based state. In the main CPU/OS based state one or more components of the computing system are inactivated so as to cause the computing system to consume less power in the main CPU/OS based state than in the normal on state. The computing system is able to execute software application routines on a main CPU and a main OS of the computing system while in the main CPU/OS based state.

Computing system with operational low power states

Computing system with low power states and proxy for integration with legacy application software

A method and apparatus for a user to interface with a mobile computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method, comprises providing information on a user interface connected to a mobile computing device having a primary display, wherein the mobile computing device can be operated in multiple power states, and the user interface does not include the primary display

Method and apparatus for a user to interface with a mobile computing device

A computing system is described that includes an I/O unit interface that is deactivated while said computing system operates within a non main CPU/OS based operational state. The computing system also includes a controller that operates functional tasks while the computing system is within the non main CPU/OS based operational state. The computing system also includes an I/O unit that is coupled to both the I/O unit interface and the controller.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Gunner D Danneels