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Management of background tasks

  • US 8,886,976 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2011
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing the execution of background tasks on a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

  • executing an application in a foreground of the mobile computing device, the executing comprising scheduling one or more tasks of the application for execution by the mobile computing device;

    moving the application from the foreground of the mobile computing device to a background of the mobile computing device; and

    while the application continues to operate in the background of the mobile computing device, allowing or preventing execution of the scheduled one or more tasks of the application according to one or more background task settings associated with the application.

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