Resource management in a multi-operating environment

• US 9,489,240 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Galicia, Josh D, Gangam, Vamshika R, Gan, Su-Yin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sough, H S
• Assistant Examiner(s): SEYE, ABDOU K
• Application Number:
  US14/617,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20150154053A1
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3037 where the computing system component is a memory, e.g. virtual memory, cache accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures G06F12/00; checking stores for correct operation G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/32 with visual or acoustical indication of the functioning of the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5022 Mechanisms to release resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

A method for providing user access to telephony operations in a multi operating environment having memory resources nearly depleted that include determining whether a predetermined first memory threshold of a computing environment has been reached and displaying a user interface corresponding to memory usage; and determining whether a predetermined second memory threshold, greater than the first, of the computing environment has been reached. Restricting computing functionality and allowing user access for telephony operations, corresponding to a mobile device, when the second memory threshold is reached is included as well. Also included is maintaining the computing restriction until the memory usage returns below the second memory threshold.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a multi-environment system comprising;

at least two co-existing independent middleware operating environments that share memory resources of the mobile device and a single operating system kernel;

a graphical user interface for each of the co-existing independent middleware operating environments; and

a controller configured to;

monitor the memory resources used by the at least two co-existing independent middleware operating environments,

determine one or more memory threshold levels for the memory resources in order to retain telephony operations for the mobile device as the memory resources become depleted, and

manage one or more applications executed in each of the at least two co-existing independent middleware operating environments to keep the used memory resources below the determined one or more memory threshold levels.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the at least two co-existing independent middleware operating environments comprise a mobile device operating environment and a computing operating environment.

3. The mobile device according to claim 2 further comprising limiting computing functionality in the computing environment.

4. The mobile device according to claim 3, wherein the computing functionality is limited by restricting full web browser access.

5. The mobile device according to claim 3, wherein the computing functionality is limited by restricting partial web browser access corresponding to select web pages.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the single operating system kernel is a Linux kernel.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the one or more memory thresholds includes a low memory threshold.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control a display of a warning on the graphical user interface for at least one of the graphical user interface for the co-existing independent middleware operating environments, and disable computing functionality while maintaining telephony operational functionality.

9. A web-based multi-environment system, comprising:

at least one mobile telephone operating environment;

at least one computing operating environment that is independent of the at least one mobile telephone operating environment;

a single operating system kernel that is shared by the at least one computing operating environment and the at least one mobile telephone operating environment;

a graphical user interface for the mobile telephone operating environment;

a graphical user interface for the computing operating environment; and

a controller configured to;

monitor memory resources shared by the at least one computing operating environment and the at least one mobile telephone operating environment,

determine one or more memory threshold levels for the memory resources in order to retain telephony operations for the mobile device as the memory resources become depleted, and

manage one or more applications executed in each of the at least one computing operating environment and the at least one mobile telephone operating environment to keep the used memory resources below the determined one or more memory threshold levels.

10. The web-based multi-environment system according to claim 9 further comprising limiting computing functionality in the at least one computing operating environment.

11. The web-based multi-environment system according to claim 10, wherein the computing functionality is limited by restricting full web browser access.

12. The web-based multi-environment system according to claim 10, wherein the computing functionality is limited by restricting partial web browser access corresponding to select web pages.

13. The web-based multi-environment system of claim 9, wherein the one or more memory thresholds includes a low memory threshold.

14. The web-based multi-environment system of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control a display of a warning on the graphical user interface for the graphical user interface for the at least one computing operating environment, and disable computing functionality while maintaining telephony operational functionality within the at least one mobile telephone operating environment.