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Patent No.:

US 9286097 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2013

Switching a first os in a foreground to a standby state in response to a system event and resuming a second os from a background

Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, WA (US);

Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);

Ping Wu, Shanghai, CN;

Zijan You, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Meng An

Assistant Examiner:

Jorge A Chu Joy-Davila

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/461 (2013.01);

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with switching operating systems are disclosed herewith. In embodiments, an apparatus for computing may include one or more processors; and a virtual machine manager to be operated by the one or more processors to instantiate a first virtual machine with a first operating system in a background, and a second virtual machine with a second operating system in a foreground; wherein the virtual machine manager is further to place the first virtual machine, on instantiation, in background into a standby state. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

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