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COMPUTER PROGRAM CODE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING EXTERNAL DATA TO A PROCESS RUNNING ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE

  • US 20100037307A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2009
  • Published: 02/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for retrieving and manipulating attribute information of a target process executed by a virtual machine, the method comprising:

  • determining, with a first component executing within the virtual machine, whether an interface window has been opened by the target process; and

    hooking, if the window is determined to have been opened, into a first application program that is executing the virtual machine with a second component so as to retrieve the attribute information from the target process;

    determining, with the second component, a communication address based on an operating system identifier that is common o the target process and the first and second components; and

    communicating the attribute information from the second component to the determined communication address of the first component, wherein;

    the attribute information uniquely identifies the target process.

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