Patent ID: 9304780
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for returning a computing system to a previous state, the method comprising: receiving a first request to apply, on a second storage partition while operating in a first system state of an operating system on a first storage partition, an update to the first system state of the operating system in order to generate a second system state of the operating system; loading on the second storage partition the second system state of the operating system; receiving a request by a user to return to the first system state of the operating system stored on the first storage partition from the second system state while operating in the second system state of the operating system on the second storage partition; loading the first system state of the operating system on the first storage partition based on the request by the user to return to the first system state of the operating system from the second system state; subsequent to receiving the request to return to the first system state of the operating system, receiving a second request to apply, on the second storage partition while operating in the first system state of an operating system on a first storage partition, the update to the first system state of the operating system in order to generate the second system state of the operating system; and restricting application of the update to the first system state of the operating system stored on the first storage partition in order to generate the second system state of the operating system based on the request by the user to return to the first system state of the operating system from the second system state.