Patent ID: 8095689
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer workstation, comprising: a base unit adapted to support a power unit; the power unit comprising a charging system and at least one rechargeable battery; a support unit mounted to and extending vertically upward from the base unit; a height adjustable work surface mounted to the support unit and above the base unit, the work surface comprising a generally flat work surface; a storage unit located below the work surface, the storage unit adapted to house a computer having N communication ports available for wired connection to a computer network by a network cable and having a known physical address, wherein N is an integer greater than zero; a remote activation device located on the computer workstation, the remote activation device operable to wake up the computer using a WOL magic packet signal while the computer is shut down and not connected to a computer network, the remote activation device storing the physical address of the computer, selectively generating the WOL magic packet signal based on the physical address, and selectively transmitting the WOL magic packet signal to the computer over a network cable, the network cable directly connected at a first end to one of the N ports of the computer and at a second end to a communication port of the remote activation device, wherein none of the other (N−1) ports of the computer are connected to a computer network by wired connection; and a monitor assembly mounted to the support unit and above the work surface; wherein the remote activation device comprises: a microcontroller comprising a processor module for generating the WOL magic packet signal, a memory module for storing the physical address of the computer, and an I/O module; and a communications controller in communication with the microcontroller, the communications controller having the communication port a user-actuated device; wherein the communications controller sends the WOL magic packet signal to the computer over the network cable; and wherein the microcontroller generates and the communications controller transmits the WOL magic packet signal in response to actuation of the user-actuated device.