Patent ID: 7991588
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transitioning an electrical load on a first computing device due to a processing load from a primary power supply to an alternative power supply in response to a command from a controller; measuring power drawn from the alternative power supply; transitioning the electrical load from the alternative power supply to the primary power supply; storing a value that represents the measured power drawn from the alternative power supply; using the stored value to estimate the power drawn from the primary power supply by the electrical load using the measured power drawn from the alternative power supply; determining whether to transition at least a portion of the processing load based at least in part on the estimated power drawn from the primary power supply by the electrical load; and causing at least a portion of the processing load to be assigned from the first computing device to a second computing device based on the determination to transition at least a portion of the processing load.