Patent ID: 7685634

Claim:
A method for transitioning from a wake state to a low power state in a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a password-protected storage drive, comprising: identifying a signal to transition from a wake state to a low power state; determining whether the operating system of the computer system will control user access to the storage drive upon the transition from the low power state to a wake state; if it is determined that the operating system will control user access to the storage drive upon transition from the low power state to the wake state, transitioning the computer system to a first low power state that is associated with password access to the storage drive upon transition from the first low power state to a wake state; and if it is determined that the operating system will not control user access to the storage drive upon transition from the low power state to the wake state, transitioning the computer system to a second low power state that is not associated with password access to the storage drive upon transition from the first low power state to a wake state.