Patent ID: 7111179

Claim:
A system for dynamically managing power within an electronic device comprising: a power management device including: a sampling module to ascertain and store a plurality of parameter values associated with said electronic device during at least one sampling interval; an analysis module to combine said plurality of parameter values to produce an overall parameter value and to evaluate said overall parameter value to determine at least one control value to adjust power consumption of said electronic device in response to said parameter evaluation, wherein said plurality of parameters are arranged into a series of successive stages with each stage including at least one parameter, and said analysis module includes: a normalization module to normalize said parameter values relative to a numeric range; and a combination module to mathematically combine said normalized parameters of each subordinate stage with a succeeding stage to produce an overall value to determine said at least one control value to adjust said power consumption of said electronic device; and an adjustment module to adjust power consumption of said electronic device in accordance with said at least one control value to control electronic device power consumption.