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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Andrew J. Frantz, Boulder, CO (US);
Dianne D. Horn, Boulder, CO (US);
Joshua H. Stubbs, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew J. Frantz, Boulder, CO (US);
Dianne D. Horn, Boulder, CO (US);
Joshua H. Stubbs, Boulder, CO (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for managing sleep states of a portable computing device are described. They include maintaining a sleep set of resource states and an active set of resource states in memory. A request may be issued for a processor to enter into a sleep state. This causes a controller to review a trigger set to determine if a shut down condition for the processor matches one or more conditions listed in the trigger set. Each trigger set may comprise a 'trigger event' that may allow a controller to select a specific resource set which is desired by a particular processor based on a trigger event detected by a system power manager. If a trigger set matches a shut down condition, then switching states of one or more resources in accordance with the sleep set may be made by the controller without using a software handshake.