Patent ID: 7743240
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a computer system having a central processor unit and digital memory operatively associated with said central processing unit; a first operating system stored accessibly to said central processing unit and effective when executing on said central processing unit to store in said digital memory policy source data in a predetermined data format that is different from a data format used by the first operating system, the stored policy source data identifying, to at least one application program executing on the central processing unit system resources that are needed for execution of the at least one application program on the first operating system: a program element effective when executing under said first operating system to monitor stored policy source data and export monitored policy source data to storage in a predetermined location in said digital memory; a second operating system stored accessibly to said central processing unit and called to control said central processing unit under defined circumstances as an alternate to said first operating system; and a second program element effective when operating under said second operating system to access said policy source data stored in said predetermined location, the stored policy source data to enable an execution of the at least one application while the system is under the control of the second operating system.