Patent ID: 7562239
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a plurality of computers each having at least one processor and an activity monitor identifying a level of activity indicator for said at least one processor; each of said computers configurable as a particular type of network device and wherein at least one of said computers is reconfigurable based on types of activities detected within a network to which said at least one computer is or may be connected, each of said computers further operable in a plurality of modes, each mode having a respective maximum performance level and a respective maximum power consumption rate; a power manager: (i) coupled to each of said computers and receiving said level of activity information from each of said plurality of computers; (ii) analyzing said plurality of received level of activity information; (iii) determining an operating mode for each of said computers selected from said plurality of modes based on said analyzed activity information; and (iv) generating commands to each of said plurality of computers directing each of said computers to operate in said determined operating mode.