CONCURRENT EXECUTION OF A SMARTPHONE OPERATING SYSTEM AND A DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEM

摘要

A non-smartphone computing system, such as a laptop or desktop personal computer, can be booted into either or both a smartphone operating system and a desktop operating system. The smartphone operating system may be booted first to allow use of the functionality provided by the smartphone operating system while the desktop operating system is booting. Through an appropriate user action, such as the selection of a pre-defined key, key sequence, or by use of a switch, the computing system can dynamically switch between the smartphone operating system and the desktop operating system. Files and folders can also be synchronized and/or shared between the smartphone operating system and the desktop operating system, thereby providing access to these files from each respective operating system even while the other operating system is not executing.