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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Data Device Corporation, Bohemia, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Steven Conrad, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert A. Hillman, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
DATA DEVICE CORPORATION, Bohemia, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4893 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems of operating a computer system including a processor are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes providing a discretized operating system for controlling applications executed by the computer system, and replacing an idle task of the discretized operating system with a substitute idle task that causes the processor to enter a dormant mode, a priority level of the substitute idle task being the same as a priority level of the idle task.