Aaron Thomas Farmer

US Patent:

20120144390, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/962458

Inventors:

Aaron Farmer - Seattle WA, US
Angad Kamat - Redmond WA, US
George E. Roussos - Seattle WA, US
Chad Richard Siefert - Seattle WA, US
Olga B. Ivanova - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

A computer-implemented technique significantly reduces the time required to configure software images deployed from a golden reference machine to destination machines. Time is saved by applying a priori knowledge of the configuration of the intended destination machines and omitting normally run configuration steps known to be non-essential or irrelevant to the destination machines. This technique is particularly advantageous when the destination machines are virtual machines, as time-consuming commands for configuring hardware on the destination machines can be avoided.

US Patent:

20150161155, Jun 11, 2015

Filed:

Dec 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/099988

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Malcolm J. Smith - Bellevue WA, US
Alain F. Gefflaut - Kirkland WA, US
Alex Bendetov - Redmond WA, US
Andrey Shedel - Sammamish WA, US
David J. Linsley - Seattle WA, US
Aaron M. Farmer - Seattle WA, US
James Aaron Holmes - Sammamish WA, US
Troy E. Shaw - Redmond WA, US
Emily N. Wilson - Seattle WA, US
Michael J. Grass - Kenmore WA, US
Alex M. Semenko - Issaquah WA, US
Scott D. Anderson - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 3/06

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosure provide access to data in a compressed container through dynamic redirection, without storing decompressed data in persistent memory. The compressed container is stored in a first portion of memory. User data and reference files, with redirect pointers, for accessing corresponding files in the compressed container are stored in a second portion of memory. A command to access data is detected by a computing device. The redirect pointer in the reference file associated with the command redirects access to the corresponding compressed version of data stored in the compressed container. The corresponding accessed compressed version of data is decompressed on the fly and provided in response to the command without storing the decompressed data in persistent memory. Some embodiments provide integrity protection to validate the data coming from the compressed container.