Patent ID: 7010710

Claim:
A method for managing power in a computing device comprising the steps of: storing an event time and date for which a user desires notification; generating an event interrupt on a compare of said event time and date to a real-time and date clock; sampling a user present sensor in response to said event interrupt to determine if the user is present, said user present sensor generating a user present signal having a first state if said user is present and a second state if said user is not present; activating a user event notification process in response to said first state of said user present signal following said event interrupt; activating said user event notification process to occur one time in response to said second state of said user present signal following said event interrupt; returning said computing device to a low-power mode following said event notification process if said user does not acknowledge said user event notification process; and disabling said user event notification process until said first state of said user present signal occurs.