System and method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and software in a distributed computer system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8572601
APP PUB NO 20080028396A1
SERIAL NO

11882116

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The invention relates to a system and a method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and/or software in the system nodes (SK) of a distributed computer system, in particular in a distributed automation system, comprising a system installation and/or system maintenance tool (WZ), wherein the system installation and/or system maintenance tool (WZ) can be activated from a single arbitrary access in the distributed system. The system installation and/or system maintenance tool (WZ) selects a software package and/or a functional component, and automatically executes the maintenance steps of the selected software package and/or of the selected functional component as regards the distribution, installation and/or configuration of the software package and/or of the selected functional component in a defined sequence on the system nodes (SK) of the distributed system.

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  • ABB RESEARCH LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dix, Marcel Mannheim, DE 38 80
Schemat, Peter Johan Walther Västeras, SE 1 10
Stich, Christian M Hirschberg a. d. Bergstrasse, DE 7 69

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