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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony Blumfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Gilad Golan, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);
Saud Alshibani, Issaquah, WA (US);
Scott A. Field, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility for applying a software patch is described. Using an automatic patching agent, the facility receives the software patch. In response to receiving the software patch, without user intervention, the facility performs the following acts: First, the facility identifies an instance of an executable module that is currently loaded, and to which the received software patch pertains. Second, the facility applies the received software patch to the identified loaded executable module instance to modify the behavior of the identified executable module instance.