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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Jeffrey Nelson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey Nelson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing an operating system over a network to a local device is provided. The system includes a base image server, a preferences image server and an image loader. The system may also include a boot loader. A method for providing an operating system over a network to a local device is also provided. The method includes receiving a request for an operating system. The method further includes transmitting to a local device remotely stored base and preferences images that are configured for combination into a combined image. The method may also include the synchronizing the combined image with a cached version of an operating system on the local device.