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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Chun-his Lin, Yi-Lan Shien, TW;
James Lam, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chun-His Lin, Yi-Lan Shien, TW;
James Lam, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
02 Micro, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods to operate a PC as an alarm clock. An IC is provided to monitor the power status of PC and generate an alarm clock event at a preselected time. The alarm clock event includes a variety of operations, for example, powering on or off the PC system or controlling an AM/FM or TV module.