Power management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10496144-B2
Application number	US-201514669896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a power management apparatus, method and system. The apparatus comprises: a client management module for configuring power management client module(s) on one or more clients, the power management client module being for power management of the client; a data collector module for collecting, via the power management client module(s), data related to the power management of one or more user accounts on one or more clients; and a repository module for storing the collected data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power management apparatus, comprising:
a power management module, on a computing device, for configuring power management on one or more clients separate from the computing device,
a data collector module configured for collecting data, via the power management module, related to the power management of one or more user accounts on the one or more clients, wherein the data collector module is further configured for:
analyzing an amount of energy saved by the one or more users on the one or more clients based on configuration information of the one or more clients;
managing power usage of each of the one or more clients based on information related to the collected data, wherein the collected data includes software configuration information and hardware configuration information relating to each of the one or more clients; and
providing a subset of the collected data to the one or more users associated with the one or more user accounts; and

a client management module, on the computing device, for configuring the power management module on the one or more clients, wherein configuring the power management module comprises maintaining the power management module on the one or more clients by periodically updating the power management module;
a one-click utility configured to allow the one or more users to manage power usage associated with the one or more user accounts; and
a repository module configured for storing the collected data.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one custom module, wherein the at least one custom module comprises:
an analysis module, on the computing device, configured for analyzing data stored in the repository module according to the one or more user's needs;
a statistical module, on the computing device, configured for making statistics on data stored in the repository module according to the one or more user's needs;
a reporting module, on the computing device, configured for presenting information to the one or more user as desired; and
a tracking module, on the computing device, configured for tracking energy consumption.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the data stored in the repository module comprises the configuration information of the one or more clients.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured for wherein configuring the power management module further comprises:
installing and managing the power management module on the one or more clients.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the power management comprises switching a computer of the one or more clients to a power saving mode.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data is stored in correlation with the one or more user accounts.

7. A power management method, comprising:
configuring, from a computing device, a power management module on one or more clients, separate from the computing device, for power management of the one or more clients;
providing a one-click utility configured to allow one or more users to manage power usage associated with one or more user accounts;
collecting, via the power management module, data related to the power management of the one or more user accounts on the one or more clients, wherein collecting data includes:
analyzing an amount of energy saved by the one or more users on the one or more clients based on configuration information of the one or more clients;
managing power usage of each of the one or more clients based on information related to the collected data, wherein the collected data includes software configuration information and hardware configuration information relating to each of the one or more clients; and
providing a subset of the collected data to the one or more users associated with the one or more user accounts; and

configuring, from the computing device, a client management module for configuring the power management module on the one or more clients, wherein configuring the power management module comprises maintaining the power management module on the one or more clients by periodically updating the power management module;
storing, via a repository module, the collected data.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising at least one custom module, wherein the at least one custom module is configured for:
analyzing, via an analysis module, on the computing device, the stored data according to the needs of the one or more users;
making statistics, via a statistical module, on the computing device, on the data stored in the repository module according to the needs of the one or more users; and
presenting information, via a reporting module, on the computing device, to the one or more users as desired; and
tracking, via a tracking module, on the computing device, energy consumption.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the data stored in the repository module comprises the configuration information of the one or more clients.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein configuring the power management module further comprises further comprises:
installing and managing the power management module on the one or more clients.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the power management comprises switching a computer of the one or more clients to a power saving mode.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the data is stored in correlation with the one or more user accounts.

13. A system for power management, comprising:
a power management module installed on one or more clients, by a power management apparatus on a computing device, for power management of the one or more clients, separate from the computing device, configured by the power management apparatus for collecting data, via a data collector module, related to the power management of one or more user accounts on the one or more clients, wherein collecting data related to the power management of the one or more user accounts on the one or more clients comprises:
analyzing an amount of energy saved by the one or more users on the one or more clients based on configuration information of the one or more clients;
managing power usage of each of the one or more clients based on information related to the collected data, wherein the collected data includes software configuration information and hardware configuration information relating to each of the one or more clients; and
providing a subset of the collected data to the one or more users associated with the one or more user accounts; and

a client management module, on the computing device, for configuring the power management module on the one or more clients, wherein configuring the power management module comprises maintaining the power management module on the one or more clients by periodically updating the power management module;
providing a one-click utility to allow the one or more users to manage power usage associated with one or more user accounts; and
storing, via a repository module, the collected data.

14. The system according to claim 13 , further comprising at least one custom module, wherein the at least one custom module is configured for:
analyzing, via an analysis module, on the computing device, the data stored in the repository module according to the needs of the one or more users;
making statistics, via a statistical module, on the computing device, on the data stored in the repository module according to the needs of the one or more users;
presenting information, via a reporting module, on the computing device, to the one or more users as desired; and
tracking, via a trac

Assignees

• Emc Corp
• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Guo Feng Golfen
• Wang Grissom Tianqing
• Chen Roby Qiyan
• Peng Layne Lin
• Zhang Vivian Yun
• Yan Kay Kai

Classifications

• G06F1/3206

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06F1/26 Primary

  Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) · CPC title

• G06F1/3234 Primary

  Power saving characterised by the action undertaken · CPC title