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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Darwin Ou-yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Matt Garson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ravinder S. Thind, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darwin Ou-Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Matt Garson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ravinder S. Thind, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An application programming interface (API) module provides access to data, independent of filesystem implementation in a non-privileged user mode. A discovery volume having a filesystem recognizable by an operating system has cover files which prevent damage to data stored in an unrecognizable primary volume. The discovery volume also includes a data access API available for execution in a non-privileged user mode to render the primary volume accessible by operating systems which would otherwise find the primary volume unrecognizable.