Power management delay system using mouse pointer indicator to indicate power-up delay during powering up a powered down disk device
View Patent ↗A method, computer program product, and data processing system for notifying the user of a power management delay is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the notification is by means of a change in a mouse cursor in a graphical user interface.
1. A method for use in a data processing system, comprising:
powering up a device; and
responsive to a determination that the device was placed in a power-down mode within the data processing system while the data processing system remained in a power-up mode, displaying an indication of a power-up delay during the powering up of the device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication is the display of an icon.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication is displayed during a pre-determined time interval defined for display of the indication.
4. The method of claim 1 , comprising: reversing the indication when the device has been powered up.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the indication of the power-up delay responsive an indication that the device has powered-up.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising powering down the device and setting a power-down indicator to indicate the device is powered-down, wherein the displaying step is responsive to the power-down indicator indicating the device has previously been powered-down.
7. A computer program in a computer-readable medium, comprising computer executable code for:
powering up a device; and
responsive to a determination that the device was placed in a power-down mode within the data processing system while the data processing system remained in a power-up mode displaying an indication of a power-up delay during the powering up of the device.
8. The computer program of claim 7 , comprising:
reversing the device has been powered up.
9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the device is a disk drive.
10. A data processing system, comprising:
a bus system;
a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit includes at least one processor;
memory connected to the bus system;
a device connected to the bus system;
and a set of instructions within the memory, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to perform the acts of:
powering up a device; and
responsive to a determination that the device was placed in a power-down mode within the data processing system while the data processing system remained in a power-up mode, displaying an indication of a power-up delay during the powering up of the device.
11. The data processing system of claim 10 , wherein the indication includes a mouse cursor.
12. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mouse cursor includes a depiction of a runner.
13. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mouse cursor includes a depiction of one of an hourglass, a clock, a pocket watch, and a wristwatch.
14. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mouse cursor includes a depiction of one of a switch and an electric plug.
15. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mouse cursor is animated.
16. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the mouse cursor includes a countdown.
17. The data processing system of claim 10 , wherein the device is a disk drive.
18. The data processing system of claim 17 , wherein the set of instructions is copied from the disk drive to the memory prior to placing the device in the power-down mode.
19. A method for use in a data processing system having a plurality of devices, comprising:
powering up the data processing system, including the plurality of devices;
powering down at least one of the devices while maintaining power to at least one other of the devices;
powering up the powered-down device; and
displaying an indication of a power-up delay during the powering up of the powered-down device.
20. A computer program in a computer-readable medium, comprising computer executable code for:
powering up the data processing system, including the plurality of devices;
powering down at least one of the devices while maintaining power to at least one other of the devices;
powering up the powered-down device; and
displaying an indication of a power-up delay during the powering up of the powered-down device.