Operating system switching control device and computer system
US8042117B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/485
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a computer system according to the present invention, a switch-source OS controller unit includes: a OS switch request receiver unit configured to receive an OS switch request for requesting that the switch-destination OS in a suspend status becomes the OS in the active status; a switch event notifying unit configured to notify event information to the switch-destination OS or an application on the switch-destination OS, the event information being included in the received OS switch request, and requesting the switch-destination OS or the application on the switch-destination OS to perform a process; and a switch controller unit configured to call the OS switching function, by using the event information as an argument, so that the switch-destination OS becomes the OS in the active status.
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