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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Michael J Paquette, Benicia, CA (US);
Joseph Sokol, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Paquette, Benicia, CA (US);
Joseph Sokol, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In response to user action, lower priority tasks are scheduled as high priority tasks. This allows lower priority tasks to function even if a higher priority task has malfunctioned and starved the lower priority tasks of instructions. This advantageously provides the user with increased abilities to solve or work around malfunctioning tasks.