Patent ID: 8010965
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an embedded partition of a device, from a host partition of the device, task scheduling information associated with a task scheduled to be executed by the host partition, the task scheduling information including a scheduled execution time; wherein the host partition is configured to execute a host operating system, and the embedded partition is configured to execute an embedded operating system regardless whether the host operating system is operating, and wherein the embedded partition is operatively coupled to the host partition via a network interface of the device; determining, by the embedded partition, in view of the scheduled execution time, whether the host partition is in a power conservation state, and therefore incapable of executing the scheduled task as scheduled without exiting the power conservation state; and activating, based at least in part on a result of said determining, by the embedded partition, one or more components of the host partition to a sufficient power level to execute the scheduled task.