Auto-waking of a suspended OS in a dockable system

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a display screen;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory and the display screen, the processor operable to:
• start a first operating system in a first execution environment on a shared kernel;
• after starting the first operating system, establish, by the first operating system, a second execution environment on the shared kernel;
• start, by the first operating system, a second operating system in the second execution environment;
• after starting the second operating system, determine whether the computing device is docked with a secondary terminal environment;
• determine that the computing device is not docked with the secondary terminal environment;
• suspend the second operating system by the first operating system;
• after suspending the second operating system, detect, in the shared kernel, a docking event of the computing device with the secondary terminal environment;
• notify, by the shared kernel, the first operating system of the docking event;
• determine, by the first operating system, that a user experience profile of the docked secondary terminal environment is associated with the second operating system;
• and
• resume the second operating system from a suspended condition by the first operating system, wherein the second operating system and the first operating system run concurrently on the shared kernel.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions executable by a processor, the computer-executable instructions causing the processor to execute a method for configuring a computing device to multiple user environments, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

• instructions to start a first operating system in a first execution environment on a shared kernel of the computing device;
• after starting the first operating system, instructions to establish, by the first operating system, a second execution environment on the shared kernel;
• instructions to start, by the first operating system, a second operating system in the second execution environment;
• after starting the second operating system, instructions to determine whether the computing device is docked with a secondary terminal environment;
• instructions to suspend the second operating system by the first operating system in response to determining that the computing device is not docked with the secondary terminal environment;
• after suspending the second operating system, instructions to detect, in the shared kernel, a docking event of the computing device with the secondary terminal environment;
• instructions to notify, by the shared kernel, the first operating system of the docking event;
• instructions to determine, by the first operating system, that a user experience profile of the docked secondary terminal environment is associated with the second operating system;
• and
• instructions to resume the second operating system from a suspended condition by the first operating system, wherein the second operating system and the first operating system run concurrently on the shared kernel.