| 6604235 |
Operating system upgrading |
| Aug-5-2003 |
Methods for upgrading the operating system of an appliance and/an one or more applications run by the appliance. The method can be used to reload existing software, to add an operating mode to the appliance,... |
| 6601212 |
Method and apparatus for downloading firmware to a non-volatile memory |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A method and apparatus in the form of a peripheral device for downloading firmware responsive to a request by an operatively connected client computer from a connected host or a source to the peripheral... |
| 6598223 |
Method and system for installing and testing build-to-order components in a defined configuration computer system |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A computer system manufacturing process is disclosed in which a customer may order a computer system having one of several defined or base configurations of hardware and software components. After specifying... |
| 6598224 |
Data management unit, computer system and computer-readable storage medium |
| Jul-22-2003 |
In a data management unit in a computer system, the computer system has a computer in which the data management unit is incorporated, and a terminal intercommunicates with the computer. In the data management... |
| 6594737 |
Downloading programs to control a device |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A multi-function peripheral is connected to a computer and has a plurality of devices with respective functions, the plurality of devices including a printing unit. A designation means of the peripheral... |
| 6578199 |
Automatic tracking system and method for distributable software |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A method and apparatus for tracking the use of a distributable software application uses two identification codes and a tracking assistant to monitor the operation and distribution of the software application.... |
| 6557169 |
Method and system for changing the operating system of a workstation connected to a data transmission network |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method and system of changing a current operating system to a new operating system in a workstation connected to a data transmission network interconnecting a plurality of workstations each having a... |
| 6550062 |
System and method for launching generic download processing in a computer build-to-order environment |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A system and method for installing and/or testing software for a build-to-order computer system having a plurality of components includes a plurality of elements. The computer system has an associated... |
| 6546554 |
Browser-independent and automatic apparatus and method for receiving, installing and launching applications from a browser on a client computer |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A browser-independent and automatic apparatus and method for receiving, installing, and launching applications from a browser is described. According to one embodiment, a helper application is registered... |
| 6543047 |
Method and apparatus for testing custom-configured software/hardware integration in a computer build-to-order manufacturing process |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A build-to-order manufacturing method for producing a custom configured computer system includes obtaining a customer order. Hardware for the custom configured computer system is assembled in accordance... |
| 6539473 |
Remotely controlled boot manager |
| Mar-25-2003 |
An apparatus and method for the administrator of a computer network to make changes to boot manager configuration from a server without any direct involvement at the local workstation. |
| 6535915 |
Automatic reduction of data noise in installation packages for a computer system |
| Mar-18-2003 |
In a method for reduction of data noise in installation packages for a computer system, a first change list is established based upon a set of differences resulting from installation of a configuration... |
| 6516346 |
Microcode upgrade in data processing system |
| Feb-4-2003 |
A method for providing the automatic upgrade of microcode on a computer system connected to a remote system comprises executing a software tool on the computer system to determine the level of the current... |
| 6513159 |
Platform intelligent installer |
| Jan-28-2003 |
An automatic installation program runs on a computer. The automatic installation program includes a system evaluator and a driver evaluator. The system evaluator evaluates the hardware configuration of... |
| 6507881 |
Method and system for programming a peripheral flash memory via an IDE bus |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A system for programming a periphery flash ROM is provided. The system in-cludes a host computer, an IDE interface, a flash controller, a flash ROM, and a micro-processor. The flash controller is coupled... |
| 6496979 |
System and method for managing application installation for a mobile device |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A method and system of installing applications for a plurality of mobile devices from a storage source, wherein each mobile device is of a different type, includes storing on the storage source a plurality... |
| 6493871 |
Method and system for downloading updates for software installation |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A method and system for downloading software update data for installing a revised software product on a client computer minimizes the amount of update data to be transmitted over the network by downloading... |
| 6487718 |
Method and apparatus for installing applications in a distributed data processing system |
| Nov-26-2002 |
A method and apparatus for installing an application on a client computer. An image is created of a selected client computer. The image of the selected client computer is placed on another computer. The... |
| 6484315 |
Method and system for dynamically distributing updates in a network |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A first version of a program operating at a network site is updated by automatically downloading from a remote site any update for the program in response to an automated event. A downloaded update is... |
| 6480891 |
Embedded code memory size reduction in asynchronous mode transfer devices |
| Nov-12-2002 |
A system for reducing the memory requirements of an ATM device utilizing one or more temporary code uploads to bring needed portions of application code into the memory of the ATM embedded system on a... |
| 6473899 |
Field configurable embedded computer system |
| Oct-29-2002 |
An apparatus and method for downloading firmware upgrades to a targeted remote field configurable embedded computer system over a computer network. The targeted device need not be disconnected from the... |
| 6470496 |
Control program downloading method for replacing control program in digital broadcast receiving apparatus with new control program sent from digital broadcast transmitting apparatus |
| Oct-22-2002 |
To provide a control program downloading method that is used by a digital broadcast receiving apparatus equipped with a storing device which stores an update program and a non-update program that compose... |
| 6457175 |
Method and apparatus for installing a software upgrade within a memory resource associated with a computer system |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A method of installing a software application image, for a software upgrade, within a remote and embedded target device includes the step of storing both a current and an upgraded software application... |
| 6438750 |
Determining loading time of an operating system |
| Aug-20-2002 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus to determine loading time of an operating system in a computer system. A basic input and output system (BIOS) retrieves a first time value from a real-time... |
| 6421827 |
System and method for detecting and reordering loading patterns |
| Jul-16-2002 |
The present invention is a method, system, and computer readable medium for detecting the loading pattern of application and library files, and then reordering the files so that future loads are performed... |
| 6397385 |
Method and apparatus for in service software upgrade for expandable telecommunications system |
| May-28-2002 |
A method and apparatus is provided for upgrading software, or a portion thereof, on a continuously running system, while the system is operating. A base set of software is built which contains a reserved... |
| 6389001 |
Method for downloading data to add functions to vocoder |
| May-14-2002 |
A method is provided for downloading data to add enhanced variable rate code (EVRC) functions to a vocoder in a base station controller (BSC) of a code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular system.... |
| 6367073 |
Centralized, automated installation of software products |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a software facility for installing software products. The facility first displays a list of available software products that may be installed. The... |
| 6360366 |
Systems and methods for automatic application version upgrading and maintenance |
| Mar-19-2002 |
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... |
| 6353927 |
Data download technique into installed memory |
| Mar-5-2002 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for programming installed memory integrated circuits. A temporary connection is made between an external processor and a printed circuit board containing... |
| 6347398 |
Automatic software downloading from a computer network |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A method and system to automatically locate, download, verify, install, register and display computer software components from a computer network like the Internet or an intranet. The method and system... |
| 6343312 |
Data processing method and device |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A data processing method for a data processing system having: a server comprising an application program constructed from a plurality of objects, an execution environment constructed from a plurality of... |
| 6332217 |
Software inventory control system |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A method for addressing problems of computer remote software configuration management is provided wherein a computer program executes a scripting language in order to examine the software installed on... |
| 6330670 |
Digital rights management operating system |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A digital rights management operating system protects rights-managed data, such as downloaded content, from access by untrusted programs while the data is loaded into memory or on a page file as a result... |
| 6324691 |
Manufacture of software distribution media packages from components resident on a remote server source |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A method for generating a custom distribution media package includes the following steps: Providing an original software suite distribution media package which includes an Internet download option; accessing... |
| 6308325 |
Apparatus and method for downloading data to electronic device |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An apparatus and method of downloading data in the form of a device type generic "download entity" (or data object) for use by an electronic device. The device type of the electronic device is determined... |
| 6301710 |
System and method for creating a substitute registry when automatically installing an update program |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A system and method for creating a substitute registry when automatically installing an update program preferably comprises a plurality of computer systems that are connected to a distributed network such... |
| 6295645 |
Method and apparatus for providing downloadable functionality to an embedded coprocessor |
| Sep-25-2001 |
A wireless data platform (10) comprises a plurality of processors (12,16). Channels of communication are set up between processors such that they may communicate information as tasks are performed. A dynamic... |
| 6289512 |
Automatic program installation |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A method and implementing system is provided by which software is formatted to include a selected program together with installation instructions for the installation of the selected program. In an exemplary... |
| 6282711 |
Method for more efficiently installing software components from a remote server source |
| Aug-28-2001 |
This invention includes a method for more efficiently installing a subset of software components and data files contained in a component pool in a distributed processing network such as the Internet. An... |
| 6282709 |
Software update manager |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A method and apparatus for checking/updating existing software on a user's computer utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI enables the user, without knowing what software exists on the computer,... |
| 6269481 |
Automatic selecting and downloading device drivers from a server system to a client system that includes one or more devices |
| Jul-31-2001 |
A method is provided of installing device drivers in a host processing system coupled to a number of peripheral devices. At system initialization, the host processing system requests the peripheral devices... |
| 6269371 |
Computer system, and file resources switching method applied to computer system |
| Jul-31-2001 |
A computer system comprising a server computer and a network computer operating upon downloading programs and data necessary for data processing from the server. The network computer comprises a local... |
| 6263496 |
Self modifying scene graph |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A system and method for efficiently coding an animation sequence, utilizes a single instance of an encoded function, having an operation code specifying a function and arguments to be used in carrying... |
| 6260078 |
Using a distributed object system to find and download java-based applications |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A client enabled to load and run Java applets in a distributed object computing system retrieves needed Java classes in a location-independent manner from various class servers in the system. Initially,... |
| 6247128 |
Computer manufacturing with smart configuration methods |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A system of computer manufacturing with pre-installation of software which utilizes a software selection process controlled by a rules database to determine the proper software components to be pre-installed... |
| 6219836 |
Program management method and apparatus for gaming device components |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A system for electronically downloading and verifying programs directly to printed circuit board components for use in gaming devices is provided. The downloading is preferably based on stored customer... |
| 6199204 |
Distribution of software updates via a computer network |
| Mar-6-2001 |
Provided is a method and mechanism for automating updating of computer programs. Conventionally, computer programs have been distributed on a recording medium for users to install on their computer systems.... |
| 6189051 |
System and method for manufacturing hard disk master by downloading selected programs and drivers from a host through a network |
| Feb-13-2001 |
A system and method for manufacturing a hard disk master for copying a hard disk are provided. The manufacturing system includes a server computer and a client computer for logging in on the server computer... |
| 6178468 |
Real time supply PF plug-and-play installation resources |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A real time "plug and play" installation mechanism which, instead of signaling the operating system to activate a pre-existing installation file previously shipped with the operating system file structure,... |
