Η Microsoft απέκτησε πρόσφατα ένα σημαντικό δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας (Multi-OS booting) που σχετίζεται με τα λειτουργικά συστήματα και τον τρόπο που τρέχουν σε κινητές συσκευές. Πολλοί ανέφεραν ότι η company κατοχύρωσε το Multi-OS booting για να τρέχει Android και Windows Phone στην ίδια συσκευή, το οποίο αν και αλήθεια, είναι μια πολύ απλοϊκή προσέγγιση για αυτό το δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας. Παρακάτω θα δούμε όμως τι μπορεί να κάνει η Microsoft στη πραγματικότητα.
The U.S. Patent No. 9003173 was posted to Microsoft two days ago, under the title "Multi-OS (operating system) boot via mobile device". In this, Microsoft technicians and lawyers describe a way to use multiple operating systems and provide different functions on mobile devices. This is not the same as a simple one Multi-OS booting with Android and Windows, as many rushed to report.
The "innovation," as described in the patent, allows a user to select the functional σύστημα που επιθυμεί για την εκτέλεση ορισμένων work. For example, instead of booting Windows on a device, the device owner can first start with a lite operating system that allows them to, for example, quickly call an emergency number, instead of having to wait for the full operating system to load .
Similarly, imagine pressing the camera button on a phone that's turned off: the device might launch a part of the OS to run a simple camera, which would allow the user to quickly take photos desired, without activating the phone.
The device, or rather the bootloader, will also be able to boot only part of an operating system according to the exact needs of the user.
In some ways, Multi-OS booting reminds you how Xbox One works. The console operates two parts of an operating system running on a Windows NT kernel. One part of the operating system manages the games and the other the applications.
Also, according to Neowin, it is remarkable that these operating systems can work through Cloud.
Meanwhile, for faster startup times, lower resource consumption, special actions (only for launching the camera) new ways of interacting between the functions of a device can be used, which will result in better performance and longer life battery.
Of course, all of this is very abstract and is far from the devices in production, but the beginning seems to have been. If we see Microsoft working with Google to develop such a device, then we will have seen it all!
