Novell Assigned Patent

Novell, Inc., Provo, UT, has been assigned a patent (8,949,505) developed by Burch, Lloyd Leon, Payson, UT, Sabin, Jason Allen, Lehi, UT, Larsen, Kal A., Springville, UT, Kranendonk, Nathaniel Brent, Springville, UT, and Jorgensen, Michael John, Mapleton, UT, for a “techniques for dynamic disk personalization.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Techniques for dynamic disk personalization are provided. A virtual image that is used to create an instance of a virtual machine, (VM) is altered so that disk access operations are intercepted within the VM and redirected to a service that is external to the VM. The external service manages a personalized storage for a principal, the personalized storage used to personalize the virtual image without altering the virtual image.“

The patent application was filed on September 12, 2013 (14/025,430).