A method and an apparatus for controlling the operation of a digital processing system. In one example of a method of the invention, a first status indicator is received for a first software program which is executing on the digital processing system, and it is determined whether the first software program...http://www.google.com/patents/US6425093?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6425093 - Methods and apparatuses for controlling the execution of software on a digital processing system