Patent ID: RE41547

Claim:
A process for confirming a command to terminate power to a computer system, comprising the steps of: determining whether a power switch has been moved to an off position while said computer system is powered; displaying a menu for managing the power supplied to said computer system when said power switch is detected in said off position, said menu containing a plurality of buttons comprising a power-off button, a reboot button, a cancel button and a suspend button; detecting a button in said menu that is selected by a user; when said user selects said power-off button: quitting any active program; terminating the power to said computer system; and when said computer system is subsequently turned on, returning to said step of determining whether said power switch has been moved to said off position; when said user selects said cancel button: returning to said step of determining whether said power switch has been moved to said off position; when said user selects said suspend button: changing an operational mode of said computer system to a suspend mode; determining whether a wake-up signal has been generated; when said wake-up signal is detected restoring said computer system to said operational mode existing prior to changing to said suspend mode; and returning to said step of determining whether said power switch has been moved to said off position; and when said user selects said reboot button: quitting any active program; rebooting said computer system; and returning to said step of determining whether said power switch has been moved to said off position.