Patents Examined by Mark Connoly
  • Method and system of file manipulation during early boot time using portable executable file reference
    Patent number: 8065514
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling access to user-level data is described. One embodiment includes accessing a user-level portable executable (PE) file. In this embodiment, the boot-loader registry of a computer is modified during an installation period to include a reference to the user-level PE file. The operating system uses the reference during an early boot-time to image the PE file into memory as a boot-file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Webroot Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Min Wang