Patent ID: 7433900
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing and using a custom filesystem in conjunction with a real filesystem in a computer system, comprising the steps of: identifying attributes of the computer system; selecting a subset of software application files that are accessible to the computer system from a larger set of available software application files based on one or more of the identified attributes, wherein the selected of the subset of software application files comprises querying a configuration file of the computer systems to determine which version of a plurality of versions of a software application available through the real filesystem accessible by the computer system; mapping software application files of the subset of software application files into nodes of the custom filesystem, wherein said mapping of software application files comprises mapping files identified in one or more software package manifest files into corresponding node locations of the custom filesystem; and processing file requests relating to software application files of the subset of software application files using the custom filesystem prior to any processing of file requests relating to the subset of software application files by the real filesystem.