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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. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuji Yokoe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/32 ;
Abstract
A system which reduces power dissipation in a data storage device having a normal operating mode and at least one power saving mode by computing a predicted amount of power that would be saved by the device if the device makes a transition from the normal operating mode to the power saving mode; computing a time at which the device should transition from the normal operating mode to the power saving mode, based on at least one predicted amount of power to be saved; and transitioning the device from the normal operating mode to the power saving mode.