Layered computing systems and methods for insecure environments

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2007-01-16

2007-01-16

Chaki, Kakali (Department: 2193)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra

Application program interface

C717S174000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10459870

ABSTRACT:
The inventions relate generally to computer systems having facilities for providing virtual portions of file systems and configuration settings to applications. More particularly, the inventions relate to computer systems that provide a layer organization for files and configuration settings that can be overlaid on top of an operating system, and can later delete the layer organization to restore the computer systems to a clean state. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

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