Patent ID: 8219842

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a supply device to be coupled to an energy supply network for supplying the computer system with an operating energy, the supply device having a programmable control module comprising a real-time clock or timer function configured to determine a predetermined time window; a system component coupled to the supply device, the system component having a data processing device; at least one communications device to be coupled to a communications network, the communications device coupled to the supply device and the system component; and at least one voltage source coupled to the supply device and operated independently thereof, the at least one voltage source for supplying the programmable control module, wherein the supply device is also set up to supply at least the data processing device with an operating energy in an operating state, to supply the at least one communications device with an operating energy in a standby state, and to supply neither the data processing device nor the at least one communications device with an operating energy in a hibernation state, and wherein the programmable control module is set up to put the computer system into a standby state at the beginning of the predetermined time window if the computer system is in the hibernation state.