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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Barry Carroll, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lee Atkinson, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Barry Carroll, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lee Atkinson, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power management system comprises a electronic device couplable to a power adapter. The electronic device is adapted to determine a power rating of the power adapter via an identifier associated with the power adapter and adjust at least one power-consuming activity of the electronic device based on the determined power rating.