US 2018/0018200 A1Published application

Multi-Threaded Processing of User Interfaces for an Application

AssigneeFacebook, Inc.

InventorScott Paul Goodson

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Abstract

An electronic device processes tasks in an application program on a first thread; creates, by the first thread, one or more additional threads distinct from the first thread; and partially processing a plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads. In accordance with a determination that one or more thread-control criteria are satisfied, the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused and control of processing the application program is given to the first thread, which processes additional tasks in the application program. After the additional tasks are processed, the processing of the plurality of layout objects resumes on the one or more additional threads.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of an electronic device, the one or more programs including instructions for:

processing tasks in an application program on a first thread;
creating, by the first thread, one or more additional threads distinct from the first thread;
partially processing a plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads;
in accordance with a determination that one or more thread-control criteria are satisfied, pausing the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads and giving control of processing the application program to the first thread;
while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, processing additional tasks in the application program on the first thread;
and,
after processing the additional tasks on the first thread while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, resuming the processing of the plurality of layout objects on the one or more additional threads.

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A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors:
processing tasks in an application program on a first thread;
creating, by the first thread, one or more additional threads distinct from the first thread;
partially processing a plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads;
in accordance with a determination that one or more thread-control criteria are satisfied, pausing the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads and giving control of processing the application program to the first thread;
while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, processing additional tasks in the application program on the first thread;
and,
after processing the additional tasks on the first thread while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, resuming the processing of the plurality of layout objects on the one or more additional threads.

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An electronic device, comprising:

a display,
one or more processors, and
memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
processing tasks in an application program on a first thread;
creating, by the first thread, one or more additional threads distinct from the first thread;
partially processing a plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads;
in accordance with a determination that one or more thread-control criteria are satisfied, pausing the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads and giving control of processing the application program to the first thread;
while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, processing additional tasks in the application program on the first thread;
and,
after processing the additional tasks on the first thread while the processing of the plurality of layout objects in the application program on the one or more additional threads is paused, resuming the processing of the plurality of layout objects on the one or more additional threads.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/717,031Filed 27 Sep 2017
Priority: 24 Sep 2014
Published: 18 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06F 9/4881
By program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system: scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
G06F 2209/509
Indexing scheme relating to G06F9/50: offload
G06F
Computing and data processing

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