Power monitoring and control in cloud based computer

US8996891B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996891-B2
Application numberUS-90413210-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 13, 2010
Priority dateOct 13, 2009
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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According to another general aspect, a method for displaying the system resource usage of a computer may include identifying the number of open tabs in one or more tabbed based browsers running on the computer. The method may include determining the system resource usage of each tab. The method may further include displaying the system resource usage of each tab in a system resource meter.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for displaying system resource usage of a computer, comprising: identifying a number of open tabs in a tab based browser running on the computer; determining the system resource usage of each of the open tabs at a plurality of time intervals based on a system resource usage distribution for that tab, the system resource usage of each of the open tabs including at least a use of available power, wherein the determining of the system resource usage…

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What does patent US8996891B2 cover?
According to another general aspect, a method for displaying the system resource usage of a computer may include identifying the number of open tabs in one or more tabbed based browsers running on the computer. The method may include determining the system resource usage of each tab. The method may further include displaying the system resource usage of each tab in a system resource meter.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tabone Ryan, Cairns Ryan, Moore David, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/1748. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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