Systems and methods for communicating power event of display device coupled to information handling system

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• monitor, with a controller, for user interaction with an input for receiving a stimulus to modify a power state of a system;
• and
• in response to user interaction with the input, communicate a message via a vendor-defined message over a communications interface to a second controller integral to an information handling system, wherein such second controller is configured to replicate the message to a management controller integral to the information handling system to cause the management controller to change a power state of the information handling system.