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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Arun Kishan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hari Pulapaka, Redmond, WA (US);
Alain Gefflaut, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alex Bendetov, Redmond, WA (US);
Pedro Miguel Sequeira DE Justo Teixeira, Redmond, WA (US);
Arun Kishan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hari Pulapaka, Redmond, WA (US);
Alain Gefflaut, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alex Bendetov, Redmond, WA (US);
Pedro Miguel Sequeira de Justo Teixeira, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for controlling resource access for background tasks. For example, a background task created by an application may utilize a resource (e.g., CPU cycles, bandwidth usage, etc.) by consuming resource allotment units from an application resource pool. Once the application resource pool is exhausted, the background task is generally restricted from utilizing the resource. However, the background task may also utilize global resource allotment units from a global resource pool shared by a plurality of applications to access the resource. Once the global resource pool is exhausted, unless the background task is a guaranteed background task which can consume resources regardless of resource allotment states of resource pools, the background task may be restricted from utilizing the resource until global resource allotment units within the global resource pool and/or resource allotment units within the application resource pool are replenished.