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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.

Patent No.:

US 9772860 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2016

Efficient power management of a system with virtual machines

Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Adrian J. Oney, Woodinville, WA (US);

Bryan Mark Willman, Kirkland, WA (US);

Eric P. Traut, Bellevue, WA (US);

Forrest Curtis Foltz, Woodinvile, WA (US);

Matthew D. Hendel, Seattle, WA (US);

Rene Antonio Vega, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Brown

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/442 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/30 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); G06F 1/3268 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 9/45545 (2013.01); G06F 9/45554 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 9/50 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/3015 (2013.01); G06F 17/30144 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01);
Abstract

Efficient power management of a system with virtual machines is disclosed. In particular, such efficient power management may enable coordination of system-wide power changes with virtual machines. Additionally, such efficient power management may enable coherent power changes in a system with a virtual machine monitor. Furthermore, such efficient power management may enable dynamic control and communication of power state changes.

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