Advertisement in operating system

摘要

Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at reduced cost.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for operating a device, the method comprising:
providing, by a computer, a plurality of time extensions and an advertisement presentation having a specified duration, wherein each of the time extensions delays the advertisement presentation by a corresponding delay period, and wherein the delay period corresponding to a time extension subsequent to a preceding time extension is reduced from the delay period corresponding to the preceding time extension; receiving, by the computer, a first user input prompting the preceding time extension; postponing, by the computer, in response to the first user input, the advertisement presentation for the delay period corresponding to the preceding time extension; reducing, by the computer, the delay period corresponding to the time extension subsequent to the preceding time extension; selecting, by the computer, a function from among a plurality of functions of an operating system in a device; disabling, by the computer, the function; presenting, by the computer, the advertisement presentation in the device while the function is disabled; and enabling, by the computer, the function in response to the advertisement presentation ending.