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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:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Marc Andreoli, Meylan, FR;

Yves Hoppenot, Notre Dame de Mesage, FR;

Michael Niemaz, Saint Pierre d'Allevard, FR;

Lionel Cazenave, Grenoble, FR;

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3284 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1267 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1271 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems input an energy consumption profile for each of a plurality of different sleep modes available for a device, and input a probability distribution of interjob times for the device. The methods and systems then compute the optimal time-out period for each sleep mode based on the energy consumption profile of each sleep mode and the probability distribution of interjob times. Further, such methods and systems monitor the usage of the device to determine the current interjob time, and switch between sleep modes to relatively lower power sleep modes as the current interjob time becomes larger.


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