Patent ID: 8201007

Claim:
A power management system comprising: at least one power management agent; at least one computing device comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a memory component operatively connected to said CPU; a persistent storage component operatively connected to said memory component; and an operating system operated by said CPU; at least one communication mechanism operatively connected to said at least one computing device; and a power management server that communicates with said at least one communication mechanism using a secure communication protocol, wherein said at least one power management agent operates in both a connected and disconnected mode, wherein said power management server communicates with said at least one power management agent when said at least one power management agent is in said connected mode, wherein an application control framework on said power management server defines a non-intrusiveness of said at least one computing device for every application on said at least one computing device and a usage of said at least one computing device to allow fine grain control of said at least one computing device, wherein said at least one power management agent maintains a list of applications, tasks, and activities and their dependency on power manageable components in said at least one computing device, wherein said power management server provides a non-intrusiveness monitoring function, wherein a management station sends a set of monitoring commands to said at least one power management agent to monitor the intrusiveness of a power management function on said at least one computing device without enforcing any power management, and wherein said power management server collects intrusiveness information from a monitored said at least one computing device and advises an administrator of a particular said at least one computing device to define the optimal non-intrusiveness power configuration for said at least one computing device.