POWER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORKSTATIONS

摘要

A power control system for workstations (31-54) which are connected to a network (2). An application (300) running on a server (1) has access to a profile database (304) which stores records of estimated workstation start and end times and estimated user start and end times, and sends shut down and start up instructions to each workstation in accordance with the profile data. The time assumed to be the working day start for a workstation is either the estimated working day start for that workstation, or the estimated working day start for the user most likely to use that workstation. The time assumed to be the working day end for a workstation is either the estimated working day end for that workstation, or the estimated working day end for a user on that workstation. Workstation and user data is logged (303) to create the profiles.