Method for controlling the power consumption in an electronic appliance

A method for controlling power consumption in an electronic appliance which has a data interface suitable for data transmission, the method comprising:

• providing that the electronic appliance automatically turn itself on cyclically to a standby state;
• signaling to an application, in connection with the turning-on of the standby state in the electronic appliance, that the data interface has been enabled for data transmission;
• registering data transmissions, via the electronic appliance, from the application via the data interface;
• and
• automatically turning on a power-saving mode in the electronic appliance when no data transmissions from the application via the data interface are registered.

An electronic appliance, comprising:

• a data interface for performing data transmissions;
• parts for automatically turning on a standby state in the electronic appliance cyclically;
• parts for connecting the turning-on of the standby state in the electronic appliance to the signaling to an application that the data interface has been enabled for data transmission;
• parts for registering data transmissions by the application via the data interface;
• and
• parts for automatically turning on a power-saving mode in the electronic appliance when no data transmissions from the application via the data interface are registered.