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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Neil William Macdougall, Bristol, GB;
Keir Shepherd, Bristol, GB;
Lon Barfield, Bristol, GB;
Ben Wynne, Bristol, GB;
Neil William MacDougall, Bristol, GB;
Keir Shepherd, Bristol, GB;
Lon Barfield, Bristol, GB;
Ben Wynne, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a power state of a host device, the method comprising operating a processor of a power control module integral to the host to perform operations comprising determining a current power state of the host from a plurality of possible states, receiving a remote request to alter the power state of the host device, and on the basis of the request, altering the power state of the host device from the current state to one other of the plurality of states of the host.