Patent ID: 8839356

Claim:
A method of processing a remote wake request, comprising: receiving, by a communication device of a first computing device, from a second computing device, a wake request and a wake password via a communications network; waking by the communication device of the first computing device at least one component of the first computing device; validating the wake request by the communication device and the at least one component of the first computing device; and waking one or more additional components of the first computing device as a result of validating the wake request, wherein the waking by the communication device of the first computing device the at least one component of the first computing device comprises waking by the communication device of the first computing device a management controller; and establishing by the management controller a secure communication session between the first computing device and the second computing device and, wherein the waking the one or more additional components of the first computing device as a result of validating the wake request comprises waking the one or more additional components of the first computing device after establishing by the management controller the secure communication session.