Patent ID: 7240228

Claim:
In a computerized environment that includes a main processor, an auxiliary processor, a main display, and an auxiliary display each coupled to the same computing system, a system configured for auxiliary processing of information while the main processor is in one or more standby states, the system comprising: a computing device housing a main processor for processing information, the computing device having power states comprising off, on, and a plurality of standby states; a task manager enabled to perform background processing of incoming communications; a power manager, the power manager enabled to manage system power states and device power states and is further enabled to communicate with the task manager to inform it of wake-up events; and an auxiliary processor, the auxiliary processor configured so that, when the computing device, including the main processor, is powered down into a standby state of operation by the power manager, the auxiliary processor processes at least some of the information directed from an outside source to the main processor.