Patent ID: 8055915
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing power in a network environment, the method comprising: responsive to identifying a selected system from a plurality of networked systems, powering-on, by an image power server, the selected system, wherein the step of powering-on the selected system is performed by a power-on routine sent from an image power server, wherein the power-on routine is selected from a plurality of power-on routines stored on the image power server, each of the plurality of power-on routines being unique to one of the plurality of networked systems; monitoring, by the image power server, the selected system while the selected system is powered-on; responsive to an identification that the selected system is in a check-in state, de-assigning, by the image power server, the selected system from a user; and responsive to an identification that the selected system is in the check-in state, powering-down, by the image power server, the selected system, wherein the step of powering-down the selected system is performed by a power-down routine sent from an image power server, wherein the power-down routine is selected from a plurality of power-down routines stored on the image power server, each of the plurality of power-down routines being unique to one of the plurality of networked systems.