Patent ID: 7451331

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a plurality of network interface modules; a plurality of network-specific power management modules, wherein each network-specific power management module is associated with a network interface module; a power management translator; a plurality of power setting components, wherein the plurality of power setting components provide, to the power management translator, commands that are not specific to a particular network; a processor configured to execute the plurality of network-specific power management modules, the power management translator, and the plurality of power setting components; wherein the power management translator translates the commands and provides generic power settings to the plurality of network-specific power management modules, the power management translator comprising: a system state module for receiving the commands from the plurality of power setting components; and an interface module for providing a generic power setting to each power management module, the generic power setting based upon the received commands; wherein each network-specific power management module translates the provided generic power setting into an appropriate power management setting for its associated network interface module and controls the associated network interface module according to the appropriate power management setting.