Patent ID: 8176498
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: hardware adapted for executing a mission application and a mission operating system (MOS) instance of a MOS for interfacing said mission application and said hardware, said hardware having power settings including power settings corresponding to a relatively high-power, high-performance state and a non-off relatively low-power, low-performance state; an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) layer; a platform manager storing a platform operating system (POS) instance, said platform manager including a platform processor for executing said POS instance so as to provide a non-MOS-specific user interface instance for a user to control said power settings via said MOS instance via said ACPI layer via said POS instance; and said MOS instance, said MOS having a MOS-specific user interface, said MOS instance, when executed, providing a MOS-specific user interface instance of said MOS-specific user interface so that said user can control said power settings via said MOS-specific user interface instance without using said non-MOS-specific user interface instance.