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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Louie A. Dickens, Tucson, AZ (US);
Timothy A. Johnson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Craig A. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg S. Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel J. Winarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G06F 9/442 (2013.01);
Abstract
In remote power down control of a device configured for externally initiated remote power down, such as over a network, all externally connected sources of valid power down requests for the device is monitored; and the device is powered down in response to a combination of either of a received power down request and a time out with respect to each of the sources of valid power down requests for the device.