Predictive pre-launch for applications

A system for pre-launching applications on a computer system, said computer system comprising a controller, a memory and an operating system, the system comprising:

• a prediction engine, said prediction engine capable of providing a prediction measure of likelihood that a given application may be activated by a user of said computer system;
• a resource monitor, said resource monitor capable of providing a measure of system resource utilization of said computer system;
• a pre-launch policy module, said pre-launch policy module capable of applying a set of pre-launch policy rules, said pre-launch policy rules comprising one of a group, said group comprising:
• rules regarding availability of said system resources and rules regarding said prediction measures associated with said applications;
• and
• a pre-launch queue module, said pre-launch queue module capable of maintaining a list of applications for pre-launching in said computer system, said list of applications depending upon the satisfaction of said pre-launch policy rules.

A computer-readable storage media storing instructions that when executed by a computing device, said instructions cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• for a given set of applications, said applications capable of being activated by a user of the computer system, associating a prediction of when said applications may be activated by said user with said application;
• monitoring system resources of said computer system;
• applying a set of pre-launch rules to said set of applications, said pre-launch rules comprising one of a group, said group comprising:
• rules regarding availability of said system resources and rules regarding said predictions associated with said applications;
• and
• pre-launching one said application, based upon the satisfaction of said set of pre-launch rules.