Patent ID: 7460891

Claim:
In a computing device, a method for automatically restoring the power state of one or more wireless radios from among a plurality of wireless radios in the computing device to a stored power state upon detecting that one of the plurality is to be used by a software application, the method comprising: receiving a first indication from a user of a computing device that each of the wireless radios of the computing device that is currently turned on is to be turned off; accessing a power management component to determine the current power state for each of the plurality of wireless radios in the computing device, the current power state indicating for each radio whether each radio is currently turned on or turned off when the first indication is received; storing the determined current power state for each of the plurality of wireless radios; in response to the first indication, automatically turning off each of the one or more active wireless radios without turning off the computing device; receiving a second indication from a source external to the computing device indicating that an intended wireless radio of the computing device is to be used; in response to the second indication, automatically restoring each of the wireless radios to the stored power state for each radio, such that each of the wireless radios that was turned off when the first indication was received remains turned off according to the stored power state, and that those wireless radios that were turned on when the first indication was received are turned on according to the stored power state; and displaying on the computing device an indication of the active power state for at least one of the plurality of wireless radios.