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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Ryuichi Iwamura, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Allan Unger, El Cajon, CA (US);
Tohru Doumuki, San Diego, CA (US);
Ryuichi Iwamura, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Allan Unger, El Cajon, CA (US);
Tohru Doumuki, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, in accordance with one embodiment, of managing power consumption in a network, comprising receiving an instruction for a first device in an active power state and serving as a network master node to enter into a power management state, the network master node adapted to perform a network administrative function while in an active power state, the power management state having a lower power consumption than the active power state; sending data from the first device to a second device serving as a network slave node, the data enabling the second device to start performing the network administrative function while in an active power state; and placing the first device into the power management state after sending the data.