Patent ID: 6684341
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
A method operable in a data processing system, the method comprising:receiving user input, wherein the user input designates that at least one program has special power consumption-related requirements and wherein the user input is entered through a graphical user interface by modifying the appearance of at least one graphical feature representing the at least one program; in response to receiving the user input, storing data in a data structure, wherein the data structure represents a set of programs having special power consumption-related requirements and wherein storing the data in the data structure causes the data structure to indicate that the at least one program is a member of the set of programs having special power consumption-related requirements; and in response to a particular program from the set of programs having special power consumption-related requirements being executed, adjusting power consumption in the data processing system to comply with the special power consumption-related requirements of the particular program.