Patent ID: 8527785

Claim:
A method comprising: initiating a power management policy based on a processing element for a computing platform entering a given power state, the power management policy to include: determining whether an input/output (I/O) controller and a memory controller for the computing platform are substantially quiescent; and transitioning the computing platform to a low power system state from a run power system state based on a determination that both the I/O controller and the memory controller are substantially quiescent and an indication the computing platform is capable of entering the low power system state, the low power system state to include entering one or more devices responsive to the computing platform in a power level adequate to retain a configuration state to enable the one or more devices to transition back to the run power system state in a manner substantially transparent to an operating system for the computing platform; wherein transitioning the computing platform to the low power state includes transitioning based on meeting a requirement, the requirement to include a number of instances in a given time period that the computing platform has been transitioned in and out of the low power system state is less than a given threshold number.