Patent ID: 9465518
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for generation of virtual images on a computer system having a Virtual Execution Environment (VEE), comprising: (a) generating a virtual image of the VEE that includes a state of the VEE's disk at a particular moment in time; wherein a history of virtual images representing states of the VEE's disk at prior moments in time is viewable via a host-side graphical representation component for viewing; (b) storing the virtual image as multiple chunks or partitions; (c) from the host side, acquiring contents of the VEE's memory using an Application Process Interface (API) and adding the contents of the VEE's memory to the virtual image; (d) configuring the graphical representation component to display only selected virtual images based on user selection, and (e) in the graphical representation component, displaying a line-by-line representation of differences between at least two of the virtual images.