Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software upgrading or updating – Network
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-24
2006-01-24
Nguyen-Ba, Antony (Department: 2192)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software upgrading or updating
Network
C717S176000, C709S223000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06990660
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for discovering software updates, discovering if a given computer can use the software update, and then updating the computers with the software as needed automatically across a network without storing the updates on an intermediate machine within the network. Furthermore, when a failure is detected, the rollout is stopped and the software can be automatically removed from those computers that already were updated. The software update can be stored originally at an address that is inaccessible through the network firewall by intermediately uploading the software update to an update computer which is not a part of the network but has access through the firewall, which is then used to distribute the update.
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Andrew Christopher A. H.
Bacon Michael
Ferguson Dan
Gordon Jonathan M.
Horton James J.
Nguyen-Ba Antony
Patchlink Corporation
Shahpar Shahpar Snell & Wilmer LLP
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