ENHANCED SECURITY AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN A MULTI-OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

摘要

An approach is provided for operating a mobile device having first and second operating systems (OSs) installed. While the mobile device is executing the first OS but not the second OS, (1) based in part on battery power remaining in the mobile device being less than a threshold and a lower power consumption of the mobile device if executing the second OS but not the first OS, execution of the first OS is terminated and the second OS is executed in the mobile device; and/or (2) based in part on (a) the mobile device being currently located in the first geographic region which has a greater likelihood of attack on the mobile device, and (b) the mobile device being more secure while operating the second OS but not the first OS, execution of the first OS is terminated and the second OS is executed in the mobile device.

主权项

1. A method of operating a mobile device having first and second operating systems installed on the mobile device, the mobile device consuming more power while executing the first operating system than while executing the second operating system, the method comprising the steps of:
while the mobile device is executing the first operating system but not the second operating system, determining, by one or more processors, that an amount of battery power remaining in the mobile device is less than a predetermined threshold, and based in part on the remaining battery power in the mobile device and the lower power consumption of the mobile device if executing the second operating system but not the first operating system, the one or more processors terminating execution of the first operating system in the mobile device and executing the second operating system in the mobile device.