Patents by Inventor Jerry J. Price

Jerry J. Price has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computing device power management
    Patent number: 8095814
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer usable medium for computing device power management. The method includes identifying a correlation between active states of a computing device and active states of a connected device connected to the computing device through a network, the correlation indicating the desirability of the computing device being active; and providing an active state in the computing device based on the identified correlation. Providing an active state in the computing device based on the identified correlation may include preventing the computing device from entering a power-saving mode based on the identified correlation or waking the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian M. O'Connell, Keith R. Walker, Brian J. Snitzer, Jerry J. Price
  • Computing Device Power Management
    Publication number: 20090083560
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer usable medium for computing device power management. The method includes identifying a correlation between active states of a computing device and active states of a connected device connected to the computing device through a network, the correlation indicating the desirability of the computing device being active; and providing an active state in the computing device based on the identified correlation. Providing an active state in the computing device based on the identified correlation may include preventing the computing device from entering a power-saving mode based on the identified correlation or waking the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Brian M. O'Connell, Keith R. Walker, Brian J. Snitzer, Jerry J. Price