Patent ID: 7577686

Claim:
A system for managing resources in a virtual machine, the system comprising: a guest memory configured to store a file exception table comprising at least one first name of a host resource and a file inclusion table comprising at least one second name of a guest resource; and a processor configured to: receive a resource query, process the resource query to determine a host weight value using a weighting operation and the file exception table, process the resource query to determine a guest weight value using the weighting operation and the file inclusion table, and compare the host weight value to the guest weight value to determine whether the resource query is associated with the host resource or the guest resource; determine whether the resource query matches the at least one first name of the host resource or the at least one second name of the guest resource; receive a query directory command and process the query directory command to obtain first results according to the file exception table; process the query directory command to obtain second results according to the file inclusion table and blend the first results with the second results to produce blended results; and write the guest resource to the guest memory.