Patent ID: 8914623

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a primary operating system computing environment including a first switching component configured to receive a first switching signal; a secondary operating system computing environment including a second switching component configured to receive a second switching signal; and a switching system that: provides a synchronization signal between the first switching component to the second switching component; switches operation of the apparatus between the primary operating system computing environment and the secondary operating system computing environment; captures a full-screen graphical background display of the primary operating system computing environment; displays the captured full-screen graphical display of the primary operating system computing environment in the secondary operating system computing environment while placing the primary operating system computing environment into a sleep state; and reverts display back to the primary operating system computing environment in response to a user clicking an object in the captured full-screen graphical display displayed in the secondary operating system computing environment; wherein the switching system is configured to keep an application running while switching between the primary operating system computing environment and the secondary operating system computing environment.