Enhanced wakeup mode
AssigneeAcer Incorporated
InventorsShu-Chun LIAO, Yung-Shen CHEN, Yu-Chuan CHENG, Tsung-Mao CHEN
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Abstract
A method of operating a computer that is in a sleep state and that is accessed remotely. The method includes receiving an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state, determining whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, and upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, causing the computer to transition to a partial wake state.
Claims20
A method of operating a computer that is accessed remotely and that is in a sleep state, comprising:
- receiving an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state;
- determining whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer;
- and
- upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, causing the computer to transition to a partial wake state.
A computer, comprising:
- a display;
- a memory;
- and
- silent wakeup logic stored in the memory, wherein the silent wakeup logic, when executed, is configured to:
- receive an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state;
- determine whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer;
- and
- upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, cause the computer to transition to a partial wake state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.