The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2009
Arunesh Chandra, Sammamish, WA (US);
Terrance James Dolan, Iv, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Henrickson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Calin Voicu Negreanu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Joseph Albert Robles, Iii, North Bend, WA (US);
Michael James Day, Kirkland, WA (US);
Arunesh Chandra, Sammamish, WA (US);
Terrance James Dolan, IV, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Henrickson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Calin Voicu Negreanu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Joseph Albert Robles, III, North Bend, WA (US);
Michael James Day, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Migration of data relevant to, or associated with, one or more users from a prior operating system installation to a new operating system installation can be performed with reference to an archive of some or all of the data on a storage media made prior to the installation of a new operating system. Manifests associated with operating system components can be referenced to identify data to be transferred from those operating system components to new versions of those components. Independently generated manifests can also be referenced to migrate the files and data for one or more application programs, such as popular or commonly found application programs. User data and files to be migrated can be identified by loading registration database files from the offline operating system in the new operating system, or otherwise parsing a similar construct from the offline operating system.