Patent ID: 8645940
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying an incremental update for a shared application, the method comprising: after a client computer that has a local storage device and that has access to a remote storage device has received and installed a base installation image for an application, the base installation image derived from an installation of the application on a base computer that has a local storage device and that has access to the remote storage device; after the client computer has received and installed a first mapping table for the application, wherein the first mapping table identifies blocks of data for the application that were redirected to the local storage device of the base computer during an installation process on the base computer; and after an update for the application has been installed on the base computer, wherein installation of the update was monitored to identify write operations for blocks of data that were redirected to the local storage device of the base computer, to produce a second mapping table identifying the redirected blocks of data; pushing an incremental package for the update to the client computer, wherein: