Patent ID: 9425984
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transitioning at least part of a first device into a first energy saving state in accordance with an energy efficiency control policy of the first device, the first device utilizing an Ethernet networking technology; determining, using the first energy saving state, an energy efficiency control signal; transmitting the energy efficiency control signal from the first device to a second device, the second device utilizing a second networking technology different from the Ethernet networking technology, wherein operation of energy efficiency functions of the second device is controlled at least in part by the energy efficiency control policy; transitioning, using the energy efficiency control signal, the second device into a second energy saving state by controlling at least one feature of the energy efficiency functions of the second device using the energy efficiency control signal received from the first device.