CROSS-ENVIRONMENT REDIRECTION

摘要

A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The desktop operating system provides a full desktop user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a second user environment. Cross-environment rendering and user interaction support provide a seamless computing experience in a multi-operating system computing environment. Cross environment rendering may be done using the rendering engine of the mobile operating system into a non-extended or an extended rendering context. To facilitate a transparent cross-environment use model, access is provided to applications and/or mirrored contexts of the mobile operating system from the user environment associated with the desktop operating system. Access to applications and/or mirrored contexts of the mobile operating system is provided by menu icons or menu list items within menus of the user environment of the desktop operating system. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.