Patent ID: 8495400

Claim:
A method comprising: operating a data device in a lower power operating mode and a higher power operating mode; providing a power transition management override having a selected state and an unselected state in the data device; and when the power transition management override is in the unselected state, controlling a transition from the lower power operating mode to the higher power operating mode to ensure that the data device remains in the lower power operating mode for at least as long as a minimum interval of time, which is sufficient to provide energy savings at least equal to an energy cost associated with transitioning from the lower power operating mode to the higher power operating mode, plus an additional margin of time before it transitions to the higher power operating mode, in which the additional margin of time is at least one of: preselected during manufacture of the data device; or user-selectable, such that the data device is configured to receive updated user inputs to select the additional margin of time.