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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Norman Lee Faus, Raleigh, NC (US);
David P. Huff, Cary, NC (US);
Bryan M. Kearney, Raleigh, NC (US);
Norman Lee Faus, Raleigh, NC (US);
David P. Huff, Cary, NC (US);
Bryan M. Kearney, Raleigh, NC (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
An appliance module can provide software appliances to users. The appliance module can provide the software appliances in view of a role desired by the users. The role can be the desired functionality to be provided by the software appliance. To achieve this, the appliance module can receive a request for a software appliance. In view of the request, the appliance module can determine a software appliance that includes one or more applications that meets the role set forth in the request and just enough operating system to support the one or more applications. The appliance module can provide the software appliance to the requesting user.