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Opportunistic multitasking of VOIP applications

US9104476B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9104476-B2
Application numberUS-86956610-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 26, 2010
Priority dateApr 7, 2010
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multitasking, one or more of a number of operational restrictions may be enforced. By way of example, inactive network applications (e.g., VOIP applications) may be placed in a suspended state until a message is received targeting the application (e.g., an incoming phone call or a heartbeat needed message). The user application may be placed into the background state to respond to the message and then returned to the non-active state (e.g., if the message was a heartbeat needed) message or to the foreground state if appropriate (e.g., the user elects to answer the incoming call).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A multitasking method, comprising: initiating a first user Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) application at a first time; instantiating one or more communication sockets for the first user VOIP application; placing the first user VOIP application into a non-executing state at a second time; after placing the first user VOIP application into a non-executing state at the second time, receiving an automatic notification associated with the one or…

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What does patent US9104476B2 cover?
Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multita…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Van Milligan Michael, Duffy Jr Thomas B, Albert Eric, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/485. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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