Selective container use for device usage sessions

US10592689B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kyle Thomas Brady · Seattle, US
• John C. Gordon · Newcastle, US
• Benjamin M. Schultz · Bellevue, US
• Ali Hajy · Seattle, US
• Morakinyo Korede Olugbade · Seattle, US
• Hari R. Pulapaka · Redmond, US
• Paul Bozzay · Redmond, US
• Frederick J. Smith · Redmond, US
• Mehmet Iyigun · Kirkland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/44594
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Different containers are used for different usage sessions, a container referring to a virtualization layer for a computing device and used for isolation as well as hardware resource partitioning. A usage session refers to the time span beginning when one or more users begin to use the computing device, and ending when the one or more users cease using the computing device. During a particular usage session that uses a container, all interaction with the computing device is maintained in the container. The container is deleted when the usage session ends, leaving no data from the usage session behind after the usage session ends. Additionally, some usage sessions need not be run in containers, so data generated during such usage sessions is maintained after usage session ends. The host operating system automatically determines which usage sessions to run in containers and which usage sessions to run separate from any containers.