Patent ID: 8140873

Claim:
A method for specifying effecting power restriction for a quantum of energy used by a remote web service provider to serve a user, said power restriction based on an individual performance need and an energy-conservation profile of the user, said method comprising: providing a user-interactive interface; enabling a user to indicate a preference for power restriction with respect to web requests by the user; and instructing a web service provider to reduce power in response to a web request by the user; wherein the user specifies a reduction in overall power consumption for the user's needs, selected from at least one of the following: instructing the web service provider to use an energy-conserving server to handle the user's web requests; authorizing the web service provider to handle specified user requests at a lower priority; instructing the web service provider to handle the user's web requests without utilizing additional nodes and; central processing units; specifying an acceptable delay for fulfilling web requests; and selecting from among annotations on a web site for energy conservation.