Efficient Hibernation Apparatus and Method for Digital Devices

Abstract

Hibernating an android device includes freezing one or more tasks, processes, drives, data and/or files of open applications, or other RAM data, and creating a hibernation image. A resume image is generated based on the hibernation image. The resume image is stored to disk along with one or more hibernation parameters that are configured to guide Linux to specific memory locations of certain resume image data. Power to both the processor and the RAM storage devices of the android device are then cut off.

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         19 . An electronic device comprising:
 data storage for storing machine instructions and other data;   a processor configured to execute the machine instructions stored by the data storage, wherein execution of the machine instructions triggers execution of one or more processes to control components of the electronic device;   a digital camera embedded within the electronic device, subject to control by the processor, and configured to capture digital images;   wherein execution of the machine instructions by the processor causes the electronic device to perform operations including:   triggering a hibernation process to freeze the one or more other processes executing on the electronic device;   (ii) creating, on the data storage, a hibernation image of the one or more process;   (iii) generating, on the data storage, a resume image based on the hibernation image;   (iv) determining a specific memory location within the resume image corresponding to a particular application;   (v) generating one or more hibernation parameters that are configured to guide an operating system of the electronic device to the specific memory location;   (vi) storing, on the storage, the resume image along with one or more hibernation parameters such that the particular application is locatable within the resume image with the hibernation parameters to be given higher thawing priority; and   (vii) hibernating the electronic device to a reduced-power state including reducing power to the processor.