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Thinning operating systems

US9244736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 2013
Grant dateJan 26, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/44594
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Thinning operating systems can include monitoring a number of functionalities of an operating system, the number of functionalities of the operating system being provided by a number of computing components loaded thereon. Thinning operating systems can include automatically identifying an undesired functionality of the number of functionalities during runtime and removing from the operating system at least one of the number of computing components providing the undesired functionality as a result of the automatic identification to thin the OS.

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