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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Ethan Bold, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stuart Cheshire, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Rhoads Hollowell, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joe Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
R. Dean Reece, Foster City, CA (US);
Ethan Bold, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stuart Cheshire, San Jose, CA (US);
J. Rhoads Hollowell, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joe Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
R. Dean Reece, Foster City, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for powering up select components of a computer from a sleep state, maintaining a network state, and powering down the select components of the computer to return the computer to the sleep state are described. For one embodiment, a network interface and a fan controller receive power during the network state maintenance but a display or audio components do not receive power during the network state maintenance.