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POLYMORPHIC VIRTUAL APPLIANCE RULE SET

  • US 20140380406A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for temporarily transforming a general purpose computing device into a specific-purpose appliance, the method comprising, with the computing device:

  • detecting an event on the computing device, and in response to the event;

    identifying a shared system resource of the computing device to which a specific-purpose appliance application needs exclusive access while the specific-purpose appliance application is activated on the computing device, the shared system resource comprising hardware coupled to the computing device;

    enabling the identified shared system resource for use by the specific-purpose appliance application;

    disabling use of the identified shared system resource by other executable components on the computing device; and

    activating the specific-purpose appliance application if the identified shared system resource is enabled for use by the specific-purpose appliance application and the identified shared system resource is disabled for the other executable components.

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