Patent ID: 8370673

Claim:
A method of utilizing an information handling system comprising: detecting an event by a state controller configured to enable a plurality of operating states for a host system and a processing module; and enabling by the state controller a respective operating state associated with the event in response to detecting the event, wherein the operating states include a host system power on state, a host system power off state, a host system standby state, a host system reduce operating state, a processing module power on state, a processing module power off state, and a processing module reduce operating state; detecting the event further comprises: detecting a processing module power on event; detecting a processing module reduce operating event; and detecting a processing module power off event; and enabling the respective operating state further comprises: enabling the processing module power on state in response to detecting the processing module power on event, wherein the processing module controls a shared resource and a processing module non-shared resource in the processing module power on state; enabling the processing module reduce operating state in response to detecting the processing module reduced operating event, wherein the processing module controls the shared resource in the processing module reduce operating state; and enabling the processing module power off state in response to detecting the processing module power off event.