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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2004
Applicants:

Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);

Paul C. Barr, Redmond, WA (US);

Anzhelika Y. Nishanova, Redmond, WA (US);

David A. Yalovsky, Seattle, WA (US);

J. Anthony East, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);

Paul C. Barr, Redmond, WA (US);

Anzhelika Y. Nishanova, Redmond, WA (US);

David A. Yalovsky, Seattle, WA (US);

J. Anthony East, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A portable storage device includes an interface and one or more flash memories. The one or more flash memories store one or more executable files that can be executed by a host computer to which the device is coupled without altering any environment settings on the host computer even though the one or more executable files include instructions to access environment settings. Additionally, the application is bound to the portable storage device during an activation process.


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