Computer power down upon emergency network notification

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6412074
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09943862

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A computer having an emergency protection program is disclosed. The emergency protection program turns off the computer in response to receiving a notification of an impending potential local emergency. In one embodiment, the program receives the notification from an external network site over an external network connection. In one embodiment, the program waits a predetermined amount of time prior to shutting down the computer, and also is responsive to an abort-shut down input to not shut down the computer, or an immediate-shut down input to immediately shut down the computer.

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GATEWAY INC14303 GATEWAY PLACE POWAY CA 92064

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Flannery, Michael R Sioux City, IA 24 671

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