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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Norman P. Brown, Tomball, TX (US);
George Mandamadiotis, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald T. Truong, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norman P. Brown, Tomball, TX (US);
George Mandamadiotis, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald T. Truong, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems of controlling power of a computer system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising actuating a power button of a peripheral device coupled to a computer system, sending a message from the peripheral device to the computer system over a message-based communication pathway indicating actuation of the power button, and performing an action by the computer system based on the message.