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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2003
Applicants:

Johathan Lee, Dublin, CA (US);

John Lenell, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Gregory Youngblood, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Inventors:

Johathan Lee, Dublin, CA (US);

John Lenell, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Gregory Youngblood, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method adapted to optimize power consumption in a communication system used in a Gigabit Ethernet environment. The method comprises determining at least one power mode of a host from a plurality of possible host power modes. The method further comprises selecting at least one network interface power management state from a plurality of possible network interface power management states based, at least in part, on the determined power mode.


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