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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:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Michael D. Kinney, Olympia, WA (US);
Kirk D. Brannock, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Kinney, Olympia, WA (US);
Kirk D. Brannock, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system enable bi-directional communications between a virtual machine monitor ('VMM') and an Advanced Configuration & Power Interface ('ACPI') compliant guest operating system. In one embodiment, a virtual machine (“VM”) may be designated as the owner of the host platform (“Policy VM”). The Policy VM may communicate with the VMM to control all configuration and power management decisions on the platform.