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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2010
Patrick Gardner, El Segundo, CA (US);
Sourabh Satish, Fremont, CA (US);
Patrick Gardner, El Segundo, CA (US);
Sourabh Satish, Fremont, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for individually managing the power usage of software applications may include: 1) identifying at least one software application installed on a computing device, 2) determining the power usage of the software application, 3) identifying a power-management policy for managing the power usage of the software application independent of the overall power usage of the computing device, and then 4) managing the power usage of the software application independent of the overall power usage of the computing device in accordance with the power-management policy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.