Application pre-launch to reduce user interface latency

Details Application pre-launch to reduce user interface latency Application pre-launch to reduce user interface latency

2006-06-14

2011-11-15

Krofcheck, Michael (Department: 2188)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C711S100000, C711S167000, C711SE12001, C718S107000, C718S108000, C725S151000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08060704

ABSTRACT:
A device stores a plurality of applications and a list of associations for those applications. The applications are preferably stored within a secondary memory of the device, and once launched each application is loaded into RAM. Each application is preferably associated to one or more of the other applications. Preferably, no applications are launched when the device is powered on. A user selects an application, which is then launched by the device, thereby loading the application from the secondary memory to RAM. Whenever an application is determined to be associated with a currently active state application, and that associated application has yet to be loaded from secondary memory to RAM, the associated application is pre-launched such that the associated application is loaded into RAM, but is set to an inactive state.

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