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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Anand B. Iyer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael H. Krause, Redmond, WA (US);
Haseeb Ahmed, Redmond, WA (US);
Yunfei Shang, Bothell, WA (US);
Kumneger T. Zelalem, Bellevue, WA (US);
Zinaida A. Pozen, Seattle, WA (US);
Hui Huang, Redmond, WA (US);
Yau N. Chin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Anand B. Iyer, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael H. Krause, Redmond, WA (US);
Haseeb Ahmed, Redmond, WA (US);
Yunfei Shang, Bothell, WA (US);
Kumneger T. Zelalem, Bellevue, WA (US);
Zinaida A. Pozen, Seattle, WA (US);
Hui Huang, Redmond, WA (US);
Yau N. Chin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In a computing device running multiple applications, a check is made as to whether a threshold value of multiple threshold values has been met. Each of the multiple threshold values is associated with a characteristic of one of the multiple applications or a characteristic of a resource of the computing device. If the threshold value has not been met, then the multiple applications are allowed to continue running on the computing device. However, if the threshold value has been met, then one or more of the multiple applications to shut down is selected based at least in part on the characteristic associated with the threshold value that has been met, and the selected application is shut down.