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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Qadeer A. Qureshi, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 ;
Abstract
A method and system for substantially undetectable data processing. The method and system provide data processing systems with an ability to detect a specific event, and enter a background activity state in response to the specific event detected. The specific event detected can be some type of background activity state initiation event, such as a wake event or a time-out event. The entry of a background state in response to the specific event detected can be the initiation of a background routine appropriate to the specific event, such as the initiation of a routine capable of controlling system temperature by passive means.