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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
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 support module can be configured to update and upgrade the software incrementally. To achieve this, the appliance support module can be configured to receive a request to update or upgrade a software appliance. The request can include the update or upgrade requested and information describing the software appliance to upgrade or update. Based on the request, the appliance support module can be configured to determine alterations to make to a original binary image of the software appliance to upgrade or update.