Patent ID: 8370613

Claim:
A method for configuring a startup sequence stored in memory, using one or more processors, to improve system boot time, comprising: accessing necessity indicia associated with a plurality of startup programs, wherein the necessity indicia comprising at least one of local interaction information or global reputation data; identifying at least one of the plurality of startup programs to postpone based on the necessity indicia, wherein identifying the at least one of the plurality of startup programs to postpone further comprises: ranking the plurality of startup programs, wherein a rank is assigned to each of the plurality of startup programs based on a degree or amount of user interaction, and classifying the plurality of startup programs into at least one unnecessary startup program and at least one necessary startup program based on the ranking of the plurality of startup programs; and modifying at least one startup sequence to delay execution of the at least one identified startup program in the event the at least one identified startup program comprises a rank falls below a pre-defined threshold.