US Patent No: 6,360,366
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Systems and methods for automatic application version upgrading and maintenance
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Mar 19, 2002
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Oct 15, 1999
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09/419,468
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for maintaining application programs on a client computer in a client-server network environment. The task of dynamically upgrading components in the application program running on a client is greatly simplified by rendering control to the individual client rather than to a central server. The version updating procedures of the present invention further provide steps to ensure speedy and error-free transfer of the required files and components through an open network environment, such as the Internet.
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| 4,714,992 Communication for version management in a distributed information service | 166 | 1985 | |
| 5,019,963 Data processing network with upgrading of files | 143 | 1988 | |
| 5,577,244 Methods of applying software modifications | 62 | 1990 | |
| 5,758,342 Client server based multi-processor file system wherein client files written to by a client processor are invisible to the server | 30 | 1995 | |
| 5,734,898 Client-server computer system and method for updating the client, server, and objects | 97 | 1995 | |
| 5,752,042 Server computer for selecting program updates for a client computer based on results of recognizer program(s) furnished to the client computer | 155 | 1996 | |
| 5,721,911 Mechanism for metadata for an information catalog system | 74 | 1996 | |
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| 5,005,122 Arrangement with cooperating management server node and network service node | 425 | 1987 | |
| 5,581,764 Distributed computer network including hierarchical resource information structure and related method of distributing resources | 235 | 1994 | |
| 5,732,266 Storage medium storing application programs and application initialization files and automatic launching of computer applications stored on the storage medium | 113 | 1994 | |
| 5,848,421 System and method for catalog maintenance and utilization | 6 | 1996 | |
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| 5,768,511 Method and system for managing objects in networked computer system with action performed in the server and object updated in the client | 40 | 1995 | |
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| 5,732,275 Method and apparatus for managing and automatically updating software programs | 167 | 1996 | |
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| 5,586,304 Automatic computer upgrading | 164 | 1994 | |
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| 5,155,847 Method and apparatus for updating software at remote locations | 583 | 1988 | |
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| 5,448,727 Domain based partitioning and reclustering of relations in object-oriented relational database management systems | 143 | 1991 | |
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| 5,247,683 System and method for installing software and updating configuration files | 283 | 1991 | |
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| 5,794,259 Apparatus and methods to enhance web browsing on the internet | 192 | 1996 | |
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| 5,343,527 Hybrid encryption method and system for protecting reusable software components | 261 | 1993 | |
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| 5,724,345 System and method for a scalable and reliable transmission of electronic software distribution | 33 | 1995 | |
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| 5,008,814 Method and apparatus for updating system software for a plurality of data processing units in a communication network | 227 | 1988 | |
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| 5,754,830 Server and web browser terminal emulator for persistent connection to a legacy host system and method of operation | 325 | 1996 | |
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| 5,495,610 Software distribution system to build and distribute a software release | 291 | 1995 | |
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| 5,555,416 Automated software installation and operating environment configuration for a computer system based on classification rules | 197 | 1994 | |
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| 5,440,723 Automatic immune system for computers and computer networks | 293 | 1993 | |
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| 5,737,533 System for generating a virtual reality scene in response to a database search | 95 | 1995 | |
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