Management of background tasks

摘要

Background tasks are managed through background task settings that allow or prevent the execution of agents associated with mobile device applications in the background of a mobile computing device. Background task management can extend the battery life of a mobile device and can be done by a user, the mobile device or a combination thereof. Agents scheduled for execution by a mobile device are executed according to the background task settings associated with the application. Background task settings can be controlled via background task control panels. Background task settings can be set on a system-wide, application or background task basis. Disabled background tasks can be enabled when the application is next launched. A user can be invited to navigate to the background task control panels when various events occur such as the battery life dropping below a threshold or the current power consumption exceeding a threshold.

主权项

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.