Patent ID: 7096299
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A control element for a mobile computer and a base station operable to functionally interact with the mobile computer, the control element being operable to: detect when the mobile computer is interacting with the base station by wireless communications between the mobile computer and the base station, with the mobile computer and the base station not being directly connected to each other, and cause the mobile computer to perform a transition from an operating state to another state, wherein the mobile computer saves system context information when performing the transition, and wherein the control element is operable to cause the base station to perform a transition to an operating state in accordance with the system context information, wherein the mobile computer is capable of entering one of a plurality of different sleep states, and wherein the system context information includes a numeric value indicating which of the plurality of sleep states the mobile computer has entered.