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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Kurt J. Lippert, Austin, TX (US);
Loren Fredlund, Austin, TX (US);
Nathan Vecera, Lexington, TX (US);
Kendall C. Witte, Austin, TX (US);
Kurt J. Lippert, Austin, TX (US);
Loren Fredlund, Austin, TX (US);
Nathan Vecera, Lexington, TX (US);
Kendall C. Witte, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A power consumption manager reduces inadvertent information handling system shutdowns by monitoring current discharge from a battery and commanding selected components of the information handling system to operate in a reduced power mode if current discharge exceeds a warning threshold. The power consumption manager recovers the selected components from the reduced power mode if the current discharge from the battery remains less than a recovery threshold. Monitoring of current discharge reduces inadvertent shutdowns from temporary surges in power demand from the battery and allows implementation of a reduced power configuration for the information handling system as total power discharge capacity of the battery drops with total charge available due to use of the battery over time.