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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Shawn R. Leprowse, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Erik M. Geidl, Moscow, ID (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory H. Parks, Redmond, WA (US);
Shawn R. LeProwse, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Erik M. Geidl, Moscow, ID (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory H. Parks, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and/or techniques ('tools') for hybrid operating systems for battery powered computing systems are described herein. The hybrid operating systems (OS) may include a full-power OS component that enables the computing system to operate in a full-power mode, and a low-power OS component that enables the computing system to operate in a low-power mode. In the full-power mode, the computing system consumes a first amount of electrical power, while in the low-power mode, the computing system consumes less electrical power. The computing system may include a processor that consumes a given power amount of power, and a low-power core processor that consumes less power than the processor.