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US 2012/0239947 A1Published application
Network based power management
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorKumar Ramaswamy
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Abstract
A method and device are described including receiving an input signal at a device, determining a source of the received input signal and selectively powering on portions of the device responsive to the determination.
Claims15
A method, said method comprising:
- receiving an input signal at a device;
- determining a source of said received input signal;
- determining a mode said received input signal originated from a network delivering content, wherein said mode is one of a multicast mode and a network mode;
- selectively powering on portions of said device responsive to said determination;
- and
- determining and transmitting credit information for energy usage to a billing center responsive to said mode determination.
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The method according to claim 21, further comprising:
- determining if said received input signal includes a request to join a multicast group;
- and
- joining said multicast group specified in said received input signal responsive to said fourth determination.
A device comprising:
- means for receiving an input signal;
- means for determining a source of said received input signal;
- means for determining a mode if said received input signal originated from a network delivering content, wherein said mode is one of a multicast mode and a network mode;
- means for selectively powering on portions of said device responsive to said determination;
- and
- means for determining and transmitting credit information for energy usage to a billing center responsive to said mode determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.