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US 9,438,465 B2Granted
Determining the context of a computing device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJames Lester Memmott
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Abstract
In some embodiments a remote request is received relating to a context of a computer after the computer has been powered off. A sensor of the computer is turned on to obtain context information of the computer from the sensor. The obtained context information is provided from the computer to a remote device while the computer is still powered off. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims15
A method performed by a computer processor, the method comprising:
- powering off a computer;
- receiving a remote request relating to a context of the computer after the computer has been powered off;
- turning on a sensor of the computer to obtain context information of the computer from the sensor;
- and
- providing the obtained context information from the computer to a remote device while the computer is still powered off.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor comprising a context aware circuit to power off a computer, to receive a remote request relating to a context of the computer after the computer has been powered off, to turn on a sensor of the computer to obtain context information of the computer from the sensor, and to provide the context information to a remote device while the computer is still powered off.
A system comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- an input/output controller to power off the system, to receive a remote request relating to a context of the system after the system has been powered off, to turn on the sensor to obtain context information of the system from the sensor, and to provide the context information to a remote device while the system is still powered off.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.