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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Christopher Hoang Doan, Austin, TX (US);
David Kulczar, Austin, TX (US);
Leonel Saenz, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Thanh K. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Hoang Doan, Austin, TX (US);
David Kulczar, Austin, TX (US);
Leonel Saenz, III, Austin, TX (US);
Thanh K. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a computing network containing multiple computing devices, a network card in a computing device provides the ability for the computing device to transmit specific types of information while the computing device is in an inactive state. The network card contains processing capabilities that enable it to detect and receive an inquiry directed to that device, process the inquiry, retrieve the requested data which is stored in the network card and transmit that information to the requestor. The ability of the network card to perform this enables system administrators to perform certain system maintenance functions while a computer may be in a power off or hibernate state instead if having to power on the computing device.