Patent ID: 7506349

Claim:
A method for processing system messages including data at an electronic device having at least a full power mode and a low power mode, the electronic device including device circuitry that is in a powered up state in the full power mode and in a powered down state or a powered up state in the low power mode, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one system message including data for processing by the electronic device while the electronic device is in the low power mode; generating a message available indicator responsive to the at least one system message; generating a process message signal responsive to at least one of (i) the message available indicator and (ii) the data of the at least one system message; transitioning the device circuitry within the electronic device from the powered down state to the powered up state while remaining in the low power mode responsive to the process message signal; and processing the data of the at least one system message using the device circuitry in the powered up state while in the low power mode.