System and method for transferring data between operating systems

A non-transitory medium holding computer-executable instructions for copying data between an active and inactive operating system (OS) in a dual-OS computing device, the instructions when executed causing the computing device to:

• identify a user initiation of a switch of an operating system in the computing device from an active first OS to an inactive second OS;
• copy data from a first clipboard available to the first OS to a non-volatile storage location based on the identifying of the initiation of the switch, the copying of the data to the non-volatile storage location performed by a first agent operating while the first OS is active before the switch;
• perform the switch of the operating systems using a sleep-state transition so that the first OS becomes inactive and the second OS becomes active;
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• copy data while the second OS is becoming active during the sleep-state transition from the non-volatile storage location to a second clipboard available to the second OS, the copying of the data to the second clipboard available to the second OS performed by a second agent, wherein the sleep-state transition invokes an S3 sleep-state and the non-volatile storage location includes system RAM shared by the first agent and the second agent.

A dual-OS computing device equipped with a first operating system (OS) and a second OS that is configured to transfer data between the first OS and the second OS, comprising:

• a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions including firmware and instructions for the first OS and the second OS,
• a volatile memory able to hold an active first OS;
• a first agent operable while the first OS is active, the first agent configured to copy data from a first clipboard available to the first OS to a non-volatile storage location based on an identifying of a user initiation of a switch of an operating system in the computing device from an active first OS to an inactive second OS;
• non-volatile storage holding the firmware, the firmware when executed configured to perform the switch of the operating systems using a sleep-state transition so that the first OS becomes inactive and the second OS becomes active;
• a second agent, the second agent configured to copy data while the second OS is becoming active during the sleep-state transition from the non-volatile storage location to a second clipboard available to the second OS,
• wherein the sleep-state transition invokes an S3 sleep-state and the non-volatile storage location includes system RAM shared by the first agent and the second agent.