Patent ID: 7730333
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions that are executed to perform a method for maintaining functional availability in a power-constrained personal computer over extended periods of time, the method comprising: configuring a first timer to generate an up alarm signal; reconfiguring the power-constrained personal computer from a first system state based on a first of a set of relatively high functionality and high power configurations to a second system state based on one of a set of relatively low functionality and low power configurations; and in response to the up alarm signal, reconfiguring the power-constrained personal computer from said second system state based on said one of the set of relatively low functionality and low power configurations to a third system state based on a second of the set of relatively high functionality and high power configurations, wherein the first, second, and third system states comprise sub-states of an intermittent computing system state that differs from a working system state and a sleeping system state.