Patent ID: 8812881
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,H02J

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an indication that a power outage occurred; identifying, using a processor, which of a plurality of electronic devices are sacrificial devices, wherein processing in the sacrificial devices may be suspended without adversely impacting processing of a majority of the plurality of the electronic devices; deactivating the processing of the sacrificial devices; supplying alternating current (AC) power from the sacrificial devices to the non-sacrificial devices; identifying a sacrificial device selected from the sacrificial devices as a new non-sacrificial device based on one or more processes of the non-sacrificial devices awaiting a result of one or more suspended processes of the selected sacrificial device; and activating the new non-sacrificial device, such that the activation allows the one or more processes of the non-sacrificial devices to complete processing based on the result.