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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2008
Applicants:

Nat Ballou, Kirkland, WA (US);

Kevin Kaufmann, Median, WA (US);

Brian Cates, Poulsbo, WA (US);

William Casperson, Bothell, WA (US);

Darren Shakib, North Bend, WA (US);

Kevin Eugene Mason, Kirkland, WA (US);

Sompong Paul Olarig, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Nat Ballou, Kirkland, WA (US);

Kevin Kaufmann, Median, WA (US);

Brian Cates, Poulsbo, WA (US);

William Casperson, Bothell, WA (US);

Darren Shakib, North Bend, WA (US);

Kevin Eugene Mason, Kirkland, WA (US);

Sompong Paul Olarig, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments provide a process and system for automatic management of networked devices based on the state of the network connection. The process automatically manages the power state of a networked computerized device according to a trigger event that corresponds to the state of an attached network connection. The network connection of an attached networked device is monitored for a pre-defined trigger event. Once a trigger event has been observed, the power state of the attached network device is managed to correspond to the trigger event.


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