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Preloading an application while an operating system loads

  • US 9,652,249 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/2014
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing, responsive to a boot-up process of a computer commencing, one or more applications stored on a first non-volatile storage device;

    accessing, responsive to a boot-up process of a computer commencing, one or more applications stored on a first non-volatile storage device;

    reading, at least partially, the one or more applications from the first non-volatile storage device;

    loading an operating system (OS) of the computer from a second non-volatile storage device into a system memory, the second non-volatile storage device being separate from the first non-volatile storage device; and

    preloading, at least partially, the one or more applications from the first non-volatile storage device into a cache memory, the cache memory being separate from the system memory, as part of the boot-up process while the OS is being loaded, thereby enabling the computer to load the one or more applications from the cache memory on completion of the boot-up process.

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