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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Steve B. McGowan, Portland, OR (US);
John I. Garney, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for power management that reduces computer power consumption by causing a low power state ('suspend' mode) to be entered by specific, peripheral device-related computer components, wherein the components enter the suspend mode after a short period of peripheral device inactivity and are able to resume to an 'active' mode quickly without losing information entered into the peripheral device during the transition from the suspend mode to the active mode. To prevent loss of information during the transition, a peripheral memory device is utilized to store the information inputted during the transition and to deliver the information upon reaching the active mode.