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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
William M. Parrott, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ian Seacombe, Reseda, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable computer or a similar electronic device having a wireless data communication device such as a Bluetooth transceiver is provided with a power down procedure activated by a remote control device. For example, a single key remote control device emits a radio frequency signal bearing a power down control signal that is transmitted to the portable computer. The control signal is received by a receiver separate from the wireless communication device and initiates a power down process that first causes the portable computer to wake up from a sleep state, if the computer is in a sleep or similar state. The communication device or the computer then invokes a driver that either directly initiates a power down sequence or that invokes another program that initiates a power down sequence. A log file is written during power down that indicates the state of the computer at the time that the power down control signal was received.