Server computer for selecting program updates for a client compu

Details Server computer for selecting program updates for a client compu Server computer for selecting program updates for a client compu

1996-06-07

1998-05-12

Kim, Kenneth S.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

395703, 39520049, 39520051, 707203, G06F 15177

Patent

active

057520429

ABSTRACT:
A server computer selects code updates to download to a client computer. The server computer identifies code updates which are consistent with basic system characteristics of the client computer. Then, the server computer sends to the client computer one or more "recognizer" programs or one or more addresses outside of the client computer of the one or more recognizer programs which execute in the client computer to determine whether the client computer has a version other than a current version of the identified code updates. The client sends the results to the server computer which generates a list of code updates which are consistent with the basic system characteristics, representing programs that exist on the client computer for which an update would be appropriate. Next, the server computer sends the list or information about the list to the client computer. A user at the client computer selects from the list and sends the selections to the server computer. In response, the server computer sends addresses of the selected code updates to the client computer and the client computer downloads the selected code updates from a content server. At some later time, the recognizer programs corresponding to the selected code updates are executed again before the selected code updates are installed in the client computer.

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