In one embodiment of the present invention, there is presented computer readable media for servicing at least one task. The machine readable media stores a plurality of instructions, where the plurality of instructions further comprises an operating system. The operating system treats a first request from a task at a priority level associated with a real time application and treats subsequent requests from the task that occur within a predetermined amount of time after the first request at another priority level that is lower than the priority level associated with the task. In another embodiment, an operating system receives real time requirements from at least one task and determines whether it can assure the task of meeting its real time requirements.