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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Moulishankar Chandrasekaran, Folsom, CA (US);

John Valavi, Hillsboro, OR (US);

James Trethewey, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3253 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for sending an interrupt signal is described herein. The method may include detecting sensor data in a sensor controller and detecting a powered down port between the sensor controller and an operating system. The method may also include sending the interrupt signal from the sensor controller to the operating system. In addition, the method may include detecting the operating system has provided power to the powered down port. Furthermore, the method may include sending the sensor data from the sensor controller to the operating system.


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