Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension and/or throttling of processes for connected standby
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Application No.: US13616204Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US08930951B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Jon Berry
- Applicant: Jon Berry
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent John Jardine; Kate Drakos; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46 ; G06F1/00 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F9/48 ; G06F9/44

Abstract:
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for assigning power management classifications to a process, transitioning a computing environment into a connected standby state based upon power management classifications assigned to processes, and transitioning the computing environment from the connected standby state to an execution state. That is, power management classifications, such as exempt, throttle, and/or suspend, may be assigned to processes based upon various factors, such as whether a process provides desired functionality and/or whether the process provides functionality relied upon for basic operation of the computing environment. In this way, the computing environment may be transitioned into a low power connected standby state that may continue executing desired functionality, while reducing power consumption by suspending and/or throttling other functionality. Because some functionality may still execute, the computing environment may transition into the execution state in a responsive manner to quickly provide a user with up-to-date information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130042131A1 SUSPENSION AND/OR THROTTLING OF PROCESSES FOR CONNECTED STANDBY Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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