Patent ID: 9244514
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for automating features of a data processing system based on detection of a user's body heat, the method comprising: providing a physically separate freestanding external heat sensor; placing the physically separate freestanding external heat sensor into digital communication with the data processing system; accepting input to the data processing system from a user, said input enabling an automatic toggling of a power mode of the data processing system during a specified time period said input further disabling the automatic toggling of the power mode of the data processing system before or after the specified time period; during the specified time period, monitoring for the presence of a user using the physically separate freestanding sensor in communication with the data processing system; maintaining a log file that includes a time and date that the presence of the user is detected via the heat sensor; and responsive to detecting the presence of the user during the specified time period, automatically toggling a power mode of the data processing system.