Application prioritization
US9489236B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4881
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for application prioritization. For example, an operating system of a computing device may contemporaneously host one or more applications, which may compete for computing resources, such as CPU cycles, I/O operations, memory access, and/or network bandwidth. Accordingly, an application (e.g., a background task or service) may be placed within a de-prioritized operating mode during launch and/or during execution, which may result in the application receiving a relatively lower priority when competing with applications placed within a standard operating mode for access to computing resources. In this way, an application placed within a standard operating mode (e.g., a foreground application currently interacted with by a user) may have priority to computing resources over the de-prioritized application, such that the application within the standard operating mode may provide enhanced performance based upon having priority to computing resources.
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