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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Michael Hall, Snohomish, WA (US);
Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Hall, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jeremiah Spradlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, computer program products and computer program products for facilitating the dynamic addition and removal of operating system components on computing devices based on application or user interaction over time are disclosed. Such systems, computer program products and computer program products provide one or more API intercept layers, a rules engine and a hydrate engine that facilitates the ability to dynamically rehydrate or hydrate operating system components. In an embodiment, a minimal (or core) operating system image on a computing device is deployed. Then, required components may be dynamically added (i.e., 'streamed' or 'rehydrated') from storage, a server or cloud service as required by an executing application program on the computing device. In another embodiment, a totally complete operating system image is deployed on a computing device. Then, unused components may be dynamically removed (i.e., “dehydrated”) from the computing device over time based on application or user interaction.