Method and system for power configuration

An electronic system, comprising:

• hardware components configured to execute an application in an active mode and to pause execution of the application in a power saving mode;
• a power mode aware application configured to receive a pausing request that informs an intent to change to the power saving mode,
• access the application for the application type and the current status of the application;
• determine a trigger type that triggers the pausing request
• accept or deny the pausing request based on the application type, the trigger type and the current status of the application, and determine a pausing point and prepare to pause at the pausing point when the pausing request is accepted;
• and
• a power management module configured to send the pausing request to the power mode aware application during an execution of the power mode aware application, determine that the power mode aware application accepts the pausing request, and configure the hardware components to the power saving mode when the power mode aware application accepts the pausing request.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing a processor in an electronic system to execute operations for power management, the operations comprising:

• sending a pausing request to an application during execution of the application, the pausing request being configured to inform the application of an intent to switch the electronic system from an active mode to a power saving mode that causes the electronic system to pause executing the application;
• accessing the application for the application type and the current status of the application;
• determining a trigger type that triggers the pausing request
• determining that the application accepts the pausing request based on the application type, the trigger type and the current status of the application;
• and
• configuring the electronic system into the power saving mode when the application accepts the pausing request, such that the application pauses at a pausing point determined in response to the pausing request.