Systems and methods for maintaining location-aware virtualization layers

摘要

A computer-implemented method may include 1) maintaining an application virtualization subsystem on a computing system having a base file system and base registry of a base operating system, 2) installing an application and/or data to a virtualization layer on the computing system without changing the base file system and/or base registry such that the virtualization layer is isolated from the base file system and/or base registry, 3) identifying a current geographical location of the computing system, and 4) determining, based on the current geographical location of the computing system, whether the virtualization layer should be enabled such that access attempts associated with the application and/or data are redirected to the virtualization layer or should be disabled such that access attempts associated with the application and/or data are allowed to pass through to the base file system and/or base registry. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for maintaining location-aware virtualization layers, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
maintaining an application virtualization subsystem on a computing system having a base file system and base registry of a base operating system; installing an application and/or data to a virtualization layer on the computing system without changing the base file system and/or base registry such that the virtualization layer is isolated from the base file system and/or base registry; periodically identifying a current geographical location of the computing system; determining that the computing system has entered a geographical location where the application is prohibited from running according to a virtualization-layer activation policy that defines longitude and latitude coordinates where the virtualization layer should be deactivated to prevent a user of the computing system from accessing the application and/or data on the same computing system; in response to the determination that the computing system has entered the geographical location where the application is prohibited from running, automatically stopping the application by disabling the virtualization layer such that access attempts associated with the application and/or data are allowed to pass through to the base file system and/or base registry; when the computing system leaves the geographical location, determining that the computing system is no longer within the geographical location where the application is prohibited from running; in response to the determination that the computing system is no longer within the geographical location where the application is prohibited from running, enabling the virtualization layer such that access attempts associated with the application and/or data are redirected to the virtualization layer.