Η Microsoft απέκτησε πρόσφατα ένα σημαντικό δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας (Multi-OS booting) related to operating systems and how they run on mobile devices. Many have reported that the company patented Multi-OS booting to run Android and Windows Phone on the same device, which while true, is a very simplistic approach for this patent. But below we will see what Microsoft can actually do.
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 operating system of their choice to perform certain tasks. For example, instead of themovement of 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 is turned off: the device can start a part of the OS to run a simple camera, which will allow the user to quickly take the desired photos 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, new ways of interacting between the functionalities of a device, which will result in better performance and longer battery life, can be used for faster start-up times, lower resource consumption, special actions (camera startup only).
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!
