Scalable package management for virtual-machine images

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8914403
APP PUB NO 20120185499A1
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13005777

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A method for managing a virtual machine image includes receiving a request to change a package configuration of a machine, processing an image action received in the request, wherein the processing the image action received includes, opening the image action with associated action inputs, comparing the opened image action inputs with inputs associated with action instances in a database, determining whether the compared opened image action inputs match the inputs associated with action instances, retrieving from the database, image difference data associated with the image action responsive to determining that the compared opened image action inputs match the inputs associated with action instances in the database, and applying the image difference data to an image to transform the image, determining whether each image action in the request has been processed and processing a second image action responsive to determining that each image action has not been processed.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alpern, Bowen L Hawthorne, US 15 467
Ammons, Glenn S West Chester, US 9 77
Attariyan, Mona Ann Arbor, US 1 6
Bala, Vasanth Rye, US 52 1816
Mummert, Todd W Danbury, US 24 693
Reimer, Darrell C Tarrytown, US 21 441
Yin, Jian Richland, US 99 2423
Zhang, Xiaolan Dobbs Ferry, US 55 1541

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