METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURATION OF VIRTUALIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method of virtualizing an application, the method comprising:
- creating a plurality of input configuration files, each input configuration file corresponding to a different operating system of a plurality of operating systems, each input configuration file comprising a collection of configurations made to a computing device executing the corresponding operating system by the installation of the application on the computing device;
combining the plurality of input configuration files into an application template; and
providing the application template to a virtual application executable constructor operable by a user and configured to use the application template to build a virtualized application executable configured to execute on the plurality of operating systems without installation.
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Abstract
A method of virtualizing an application to execute on a plurality of operating systems without installation. The method includes creating an input configuration file for each operating system. The templates each include a collection of configurations that were made by the application during installation on a computing device executing the operating system. The templates are combined into a single application template having a layer including the collection of configurations for each operating system. The collection of configurations includes files and registry entries. The collections also identifies and configures environmental variables, systems, and the like. Files in the collection of configurations and references to those files may be replaced with references to files stored on installation media. The application template is used to build an executable of the virtualized application. The application template may be incorporated into a manifest listing other application templates and made available to users from a website.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of virtualizing an application, the method comprising:
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creating a plurality of input configuration files, each input configuration file corresponding to a different operating system of a plurality of operating systems, each input configuration file comprising a collection of configurations made to a computing device executing the corresponding operating system by the installation of the application on the computing device; combining the plurality of input configuration files into an application template; and providing the application template to a virtual application executable constructor operable by a user and configured to use the application template to build a virtualized application executable configured to execute on the plurality of operating systems without installation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A template for building a virtual application configured to execute on a host computing device implementing a host operating system having a host filesystem and a host registry, the template comprising:
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a filesystem configuration portion comprising a plurality of files stored in locations, the filesystem configuration portion being operable to configure a virtual filesytem to store the plurality of files in virtual locations corresponding to the locations in which they are stored in the filesystem configuration portion, the virtual locations of the virtual filesystem corresponding to physical locations in the host filesystem; and an application configuration portion comprising references to the files in the filesystem configuration portion, the application configuration portion being operable to configure an application configuration file, and during execution of the virtual application, the application configuration file being operable to configure a virtual operating system comprising a virtual registry and the virtual filesystem, the virtual operating system being configured to execute the virtual application and at least partially isolate the execution of the virtual application from the host operating system, during execution of the virtual application, the virtual filesystem being configured to receive requests to access the plurality of files located in the virtual locations of the virtual filesystem and process those requests by accessing the physical locations of the host operating system corresponding to the virtual locations, and the virtual registry comprising references one of the plurality of files by their virtual locations in the virtual filesystem. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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