Patent ID: 7831850
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A hybrid operating system (OS) stored on a computer-readable storage media comprising: a full-power OS component stored on a computer-readable storage media and executed on a full-power processor for enabling a computing system to operate in a full power mode, in which the computing system consumes a first amount of electrical power; a low-power OS component stored on a computer-readable storage media and executed on a low-power processor for enabling the computing system to operate in a low-power mode, in which the computing system consumes a lesser amount of electrical power, relative to the first amount; a lifetime manager coupled to communicate with the low-power OS component and the full-power OS component, wherein the lifetime manager is operative to transition the computing system between the low-power mode and the full-power mode in response to at least one stimulus received from over a network; and a set of core functions executable by the low-power processor and a set of dormant non-core functions executable by the full-power processor, a particular one of the set of dormant non-core functions being activated when the hybrid operating system requests capabilities beyond the set of core functions and the activated non-core function being deactivated when the request is satisfied.