Patent ID: 9135125
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H02J

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, an indication that a power outage occurred; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, which of a plurality of electronic devices is a sacrificial device, wherein processing in the sacrificial device may be suspended; deactivating, using the one or more computing devices, the processing of the sacrificial device; supplying, using the one or more computing devices, alternating current (AC) power from the sacrificial device to one or more non-sacrificial devices; and identifying, using the one or more computing devices, the sacrificial device as a new non-sacrificial device when one or more processes associated with the one or more non-sacrificial devices are awaiting a result of a suspended process of the sacrificial device; activating, using the one or more computing devices, the new non-sacrificial device.