Patent ID: 11886273
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing machine-readable instructions, wherein a power source device receives power from a power supply and outputs power contracts to a power sink device,
the instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the power source device to:
obtain, when the power source device outputs a previous one of the power contracts, a total amount of the power consumed by a system comprised of the power sink device and the power source device; and
ascertain, when the power source device determines whether or not the total amount exceeds a power supply rating of the power source device, a power value for a subsequent one of the power contracts,
wherein the power value for the subsequent one of the power contracts, when the power source device determines that the total amount exceeds the power supply rating, is lower than a power value for the previous one of the power contracts.