Offline servicing of image files
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1. A method for servicing, by a computer, an image in an offline state, said image having a file-based image format, said method comprising:
- mapping the contents of the image to a directory with a file system filter driver;
providing access to the contents of the image via a file access application; and
displaying the contents of the image mapped to the directory for review by a user utilizing the file access application, wherein the file system filter driver monitors and intercepts calls from the file access application to the file system of the directory where the image is mapped, said file system filter driver thereby providing access to the contents of the image in a hierarchal directory structure without modification of the file access application.
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Abstract
A method for offline servicing of an image file by mapping the image to a directory using a file system mini-filter driver. The file system mini-filter driver maps the contents of the image to the directory and provides either read-only or read-write access to the contents of the image. The method further displays the contents of the image mapped to the directory for review by a user.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for servicing, by a computer, an image in an offline state, said image having a file-based image format, said method comprising:
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mapping the contents of the image to a directory with a file system filter driver; providing access to the contents of the image via a file access application; and displaying the contents of the image mapped to the directory for review by a user utilizing the file access application, wherein the file system filter driver monitors and intercepts calls from the file access application to the file system of the directory where the image is mapped, said file system filter driver thereby providing access to the contents of the image in a hierarchal directory structure without modification of the file access application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for servicing an image in an offline state, said image having a file-based image format, said computer-readable storage medium comprising:
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a kernel mode file system mini-filter driver; an application programming interface (API) layer for communicating with the mini-filter driver; a user mode tool for use by a user in communicating with the API layer according to a communication protocol providing a basis for interaction between the kernel mode file system mini-filter driver and the user mode tool, wherein the mini-filter driver is configured to map the contents of the image to a hierarchical file system directory; and a file system filter manager, wherein the mini-filter driver monitors all calls from the filter manager and, when a call is a directory path where the image is mapped, the mini-filter driver intercepts the call and handles the request that triggered the call, thereby providing access to the image file by a file access application without modification to said file access application.
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15. A method for servicing, by a computer, an image in an offline state, said image having a file-based image format, said method comprising:
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mapping the contents of the image to a hierarchal directory structure with a file system filter driver; providing access to the contents of the image via a file access application, wherein the file system filter driver monitors and intercepts calls from the file access application to the directory where the image is mapped, said file system filter driver thereby providing access to the contents of the image in the hierarchal directory structure without modification of the file access application; and receiving edits to the mapped directory of the image via the standard file accessing application; and modifying the image mapped to the directory to include the received edits, wherein the file system filter driver intercepts the received edits from the file access application and applies the edits to the image file without recreating the image file. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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