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Mobile photo application migration to cloud computing platform

US8725800B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 2014
Grant dateMay 13, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Technology is disclosed herein for migrating execution of at least a portion of a photo application to a server. According to at least one embodiment, a computing device monitors the photo application executing at the mobile device to identify a background thread and a foreground thread of the photo application, determine a current workload of the mobile device, transmit a received photo and an instance of the background thread to the server when the determined current workload exceeds a predefined threshold, receive a processed photo from the server, and provide access to the processed photo through the mobile device using the user interface generated by the foreground thread of the photo application.

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