Patent ID: 11966771
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A method comprising:
receiving, at a host device, an indication that an updated version of a file is available, the file being stored in a container image that is associated with a container process of the host device;
in response to determining the updated version is not currently available at the host device, retrieving a remote storage location for the updated version from a remote source;
accessing an entry in a mapping table corresponding to the container process, the entry comprising a file identifier for the file and identifying a local storage location of the file on the host device;
updating the entry to indicate the updated version and the remote storage location; and
in response to receiving a request for the file, enabling the container process to access at least one of the local storage location or the remote storage location based on a profile associated with the container image.