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Background task execution over a network

  • US 10,021,005 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2015
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • determining, by a daemon process executed by a processor of a device, a type of a network connection associated with a network interface of the device;

    determining, by the daemon process, a status of a first software component that is currently being used by a user of the device;

    determining whether the first software component is likely to access a network via the network interface based on the type of the network connection and the status of the first software component; and

    in response to determining the first software component is unlikely to access the network, notifying a second software component to perform a background task through the network interface of the device.

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