Patent ID: 7428650

Claim:
A computing system, comprising: a) a main system bus that remains active while said computing system operates within both a main CPU/OS based operational state and a non main CPU/OS based operational state; b) a controller that operates functional tasks while said computing system is within said non main CPU/OS based operational state, said controller coupled to said main system bus; c) an I/O unit coupled to said main system bus that remains active while said computing system operates within said non main CPU/OS based operational state; d) a main display coupled to a graphics controller, said main display and graphics controller being active while said computing system operates within said main CPU/based operational state, said main display and graphics controller not being active while said computing system operates within said non main CPU/OS based operational state, said main system bus electrically coupled between said main display and said controller; and, e) a non main display coupled to said controller that is active while said computing system operates with said non main CPU/OS based operational state.