Dynamic cross-environment application configuration/orientation

A method for dynamically configuring an active application screen of a first application running in a first operating system of a mobile computing device, the first operating system associated with a first active user environment, comprising:

• receiving a device configuration change message, the device configuration change message related to a device configuration of a second active user environment, the second active user environment receiving graphics information from the mobile computing device through a graphics interface;
• allocating, by a shared kernel, anonymous shared memory comprising named memory blocks, the anonymous shared memory accessible and configured to be used by all processes running on the first operating system and a second operating system and not accessible by name by other processes, the first operating system and the second operating system running concurrently and independently on the shared kernel, the shared kernel running on the mobile computing device;
• receiving a display parameter associated with an active display of the second active user environment, the second active user environment associated with the second operating system, wherein the second active user environment is a desktop computing system;
• selecting an active resource set from a plurality of resource sets associated with the first application based at least in part on the display parameter;
• disestablishing a first application screen associated with the first application;
• and
• displaying a second application screen associated with the first application using the active resource set on the active display of the second user environment;
• wherein the first operating system is a mobile operating system and the second operating system is a desktop operating system;
• wherein the first operating system and the second operating system make system calls through the shared kernel without virtualized memory;
• wherein the mobile computing device and the desktop computing system are distinct computing devices;
• wherein the mobile computing device is a mobile telephony device;
• wherein device drivers in the single shared kernel control hardware interfaces;
• wherein the shared kernel allocates a first frame buffer memory associated with the mobile operating system and allocates a second frame buffer memory associated with the desktop operating system;
• wherein the mobile operating system renders the first application in the first frame buffer memory through the shared kernel and the desktop operating system renders the second application in the second frame buffer memory through the shared kernel;
• and
• wherein the shared kernel provides direct access to the first frame buffer memory and the second frame buffer memory by the respective mobile operating system and desktop operating system through frame buffer devices without virtualization of addressing by either operating system.

A mobile computing device including a computer-readable medium storing instructions for a physical processor, the instructions, when executed, causing the processor to perform steps comprising:

• running a first application in a first operating system of the mobile computing device, the first operating system associated with a first active user environment;
• receiving a device configuration change message, the device configuration change message related to a device configuration of a second active user environment, the second active user environment receiving graphics information from the mobile computing device through a graphics interface;
• allocating, by a shared kernel, anonymous shared memory comprising named memory blocks, the anonymous shared memory accessible and configured to be used by all processes running on the first operating system and a second operating system and not accessible by name by other processes, the first operating system and the second operating system running concurrently and independently on the shared kernel, the shared kernel running on the mobile computing device;
• receiving a display parameter associated with an active display of the second active user environment, the second active user environment associated with the second operating system, wherein the second active user environment is a desktop computing system;
• selecting an active resource set from a plurality of resource sets associated with the first application based on the display parameter;
• disestablishing a first application screen associated with the first application;
• and
• displaying a second application screen associated with the first application using the active resource set on the active display of the second active user environment;
• wherein the first operating system is a mobile operating system and the second operating system is a desktop operating system;
• wherein the first operating system and the second operating system make system calls through the shared kernel without virtualized memory;
• wherein the mobile computing device and the desktop computing system are distinct computing devices;
• wherein the mobile computing device is a mobile telephony device;
• wherein the shared kernel allocates a first frame buffer memory associated with the mobile operating system and allocates a second frame buffer memory associated with the desktop operating system;
• wherein the mobile operating system renders the first application in the first frame buffer memory through the shared kernel and the desktop operating system renders the second application in the second frame buffer memory through the shared kernel;
• and
• wherein the shared kernel provides direct access to the first frame buffer memory and the second frame buffer memory by the respective mobile operating system and desktop operating system through frame buffer devices without virtualization of addressing by either operating system.

A method comprising:

• maintaining, in a mobile operating system of a mobile computing device, a first active device configuration associated with a first user environment, the first user environment including a display of the mobile computing device;
• running a first application on a first operating system of the mobile computing device, wherein the first operating system is a mobile operating system;
• allocating, by a shared kernel, anonymous shared memory comprising named memory blocks, the anonymous named memory blocks accessible and configured to be used by all processes running on the first operating system and a second operating system and not accessible by name by other processes, the first operating system and the second operating system running concurrently and independently on the shared kernel, the shared kernel running on the mobile computing device, wherein the second operating system is a desktop operating system;
• selecting resources for a first application screen associated with the first application according to the first active device configuration;
• displaying the first application screen on the display of the mobile computing device;
• maintaining a second active device configuration associated with a second user environment, the second active user environment associated with the second operating system, wherein the second active user environment is a desktop computing system;
• running a second application on the first operating system;
• selecting resources for a second application screen associated with the second application according to the second active device configuration;
• and
• displaying the second application screen on a display of the second user environment such that a user experiences the second application through a desktop computing experience of the desktop computing system;
• wherein the first operating system and the second operating system make system calls through the shared kernel without virtualized memory;
• wherein the mobile computing device and the desktop computing system are distinct computing devices;
• wherein device drivers in the single shared kernel control hardware interfaces.