Patent ID: 7805600

Claim:
A computer-implemented system, comprising: one or more processors; one or more computer-readable storage mediums containing software instructions executable on the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving a request to execute a software application having an original image, wherein the original image includes a list of one or more pointers to data blocks used to generate the original image; receiving new data corresponding to one or more changes to the original image; generating a delta image, wherein the delta image includes a list of one or more pointers to data blocks used to generate the original image, and wherein the delta image includes at least one data block containing new data received after the original image was generated; mapping the delta image pointers to a computer hardware unit; and accessing the delta image using the delta image pointers, wherein the delta image is non-virtualized, and wherein the delta image is run on the computer hardware unit.