Patent ID: 7962911
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing information in an information handling system (IHS), comprising: loading, by an operating system in the IHS, a first process in a foreground mode, the first process having a respective process identifier associated therewith; executing, by the operating system, the first process over time in the foreground mode; receiving, by the operating system, a no hang-up now user command directed to the first process that is executing in the foreground mode, the no hang-up user command instructing the operating system to both move the first process from the foreground mode to a background mode and to block subsequent hang-up requests directed to the first process; moving, by the operating system, the first process from the foreground mode to the background mode in response to the no hang-up now user command; intercepting in response to the no hang-up now user command, by the operating system, a hang-up request directed to the first process, thus providing an intercepted hang-up request; and blocking, by the operating system, the intercepted hang-up request from terminating the first process until the first process completes.