Abstract: A method includes executing an instance of a process on a data processing device, and controlling configuration of a display unit, a processor, a memory and/or a power supply of the data processing device through a user interface provided by the process and/or an operating system executing on the data processing device based on continued execution of the instance of the process. The method also includes providing a capability to automatically backup, through the processor in conjunction with a driver component associated with the display unit, the processor and/or the power supply, settings related to one or more specific parameter(s) of the display unit, a screen of the display unit, the processor, the memory, an algorithm executing on the processor and/or the power supply of the data processing device through the user interface as a non-system file to the memory and/or a storage device external to the data processing device.

Abstract: A method includes detecting, through a processor of a source device and/or a processor of a target display communicatively coupled to a memory, a hot-plug event indicating coupling of the target display to the source device without shutting down both the source device and the target display when the target display is in a standby mode of operation thereof. The method also includes transitioning, through the processor of the source device and/or the processor of the target display, the target display from the standby mode of operation to an active mode of operation thereof based on a control signal from the processor of the source device and/or the processor of the target display following the detection of the hot-plug event. The active mode is associated with a higher power level than the standby mode.