Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software upgrading or updating – Plural version management
Reexamination Certificate
2003-02-13
2009-02-10
Kiss, Eric B (Department: 2192)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software upgrading or updating
Plural version management
C717S177000, C713S100000, C709S221000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07490322
ABSTRACT:
A software distribution method and system are provided. In a software distribution application, packages including instructions specifying the actions to be carried out on each target computer for installing or removing selected software products are prepared in a central site. Each package is transmitted to the target computer, and the corresponding instructions are interpreted so as to enforce the desired software products meeting the current configuration of the target computer. The configuration of the target computer is monitored to detect any hardware upgrade. In response thereto, the target computer generates a list of actions for removing software products not meeting the new configuration any longer and a list of action for installing software products now meeting the new configuration. These lists are transmitted to the central site, and they trigger the building of a delta package. The delta package is then distributed to the target computer.
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Marinelli Claudio
Pichetti Luigi
Bailey Wayne P.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kiss Eric B
LaBaw Jeffrey S.
Yee Duke W.
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