| 7017155 |
Installing software on a mobile computing device using the rollback and security features of a configuration manager |
| Mar-21-2006 |
Installing software using the configuration manager so that the rollback and security features of the configuration manager may be used during the installation process. A mobile computing device accesses... |
| 7013462 |
Method to map an inventory management system to a configuration management system |
| Mar-14-2006 |
The invention includes a method, system, and article to automatically soft configure a node, such as a compute node, in a data center. The data center may have several racks and a unit may be installed... |
| 7010609 |
System and method for adding transport protocols in distributed middleware applications |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A connection bridge mechanism for adding arbitrary protocols into a middleware-based application without accessing the source code for the middleware or producing a new version of the middleware source... |
| 7007274 |
Web-based apparatus and method for enhancing and monitoring picture archiving and communication systems |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A method for remotely enhancing a picture archiving communication system (PACS) is provided. The method includes establishing an Internet connection with a server. The method also includes directing the... |
| 6990660 |
Non-invasive automatic offsite patch fingerprinting and updating system and method |
| Jan-24-2006 |
Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for discovering software updates, discovering if a given computer can use the software update, and then updating the computers with the software... |
| 6990662 |
Method and system for offloading execution and resources for resource-constrained networked devices |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method for offloading execution load from a resource-constrained device to allow the device to run a resource intensive software program. A program is accessed using a first device and determines whether... |
| 6990659 |
Device for rewriting software programs in peripheral devices connected to a network |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A printer determines in S11 to S15 whether any device connected to the network is the same type of device. Then the printer determines which of these same type devices have firmware older than... |
| 6985939 |
Building distributed software services as aggregations of other services |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for dynamically integrating software resources (such as web services and other back-end software resources) using the services of a content... |
| 6981252 |
Method and apparatus for automatically uninstalling software on a network |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The present invention is for an apparatus, method and computer readable software medium executable by a processor for automatically installing software applications resident on a plurality of computer... |
| 6976252 |
Systems and methods for driver installation |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Systems and methods for installing device drivers are provided. In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to consulting an installation instructions file of a driver package, the installation... |
| 6976066 |
Network and method for implementing network platform services for a computing device |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A network provides computer services to users and has a centralized data center (CDC) and regional data centers (RDCs) coupled to the CDC. Each RDC is coupled to a plurality of users and maintains for... |
| 6966058 |
System and method for managing software upgrades in a distributed computing system |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A system and method for managing software upgrades in a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system may include a plurality of nodes which provide one or more fault-tolerant services.... |
| 6964044 |
System and process for management of changes and modifications in a process |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A system and process for managing the migrating enhancements into a production software system is described. Enhancements are first migrated to a model system. After any issues are identified and addressed,... |
| 6959437 |
System and method for installing printer driver software |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method are provided for a network-connected printer to supply printer driver software to a network-connected computer workstation. The method comprises: receiving a request addressed to a... |
| 6959320 |
Client-side performance optimization system for streamed applications |
| Oct-25-2005 |
An client-side performance optimization system for streamed applications provides several approaches for fulfilling client-side application code and data file requests for streamed applications. A streaming... |
| 6947949 |
Apparatus and method for managing application in incorporated equipment |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention provides an application managing apparatus and an application managing method, in which, after an incorporated equipment such as a copying machine, a printer, a multi function printer... |
| 6944856 |
Method, system, program, and data structures for applying a patch to a computer system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, program, and data structure for applying a patch to a computer system, wherein the patch includes content to add to the computer. A computer object is generated to include... |
| 6912711 |
Method of applying an update to a contained collection of program and data files based upon versions |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A method, system, and apparatus for updating code in a software program is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a patch is provided to a plurality of versions of a program, wherein the program is updated... |
| 6904457 |
Automatic firmware update of processor nodes |
| Jun-7-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, and program for updating the firmware in a nodal system. The nodal system includes at least two nodes, wherein each node includes a processing unit and a memory including... |
| 6898705 |
Automatic appliance server re-provision/re-purposing method |
| May-24-2005 |
Disclosed is a method for automatically re-provisioning an appliance server without significant user-interaction. The disk drive of a server to be utilized as an appliance server is partitioned into at... |
| 6892299 |
Information processor, information processing method, information processing system, control program, and storage medium |
| May-10-2005 |
To allow an appropriate printer driver to be downloaded taking into consideration identification information for a printer, control information used to control a peripheral device is determined based on... |
| 6892216 |
Common platform for use in automotive services |
| May-10-2005 |
A common platform is used in conjunction with a host computer to control various equipment sensors that perform different functions. In one aspect, the common platform is a micro-controller board, the... |
| 6879988 |
System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program... |
| 6868448 |
Resource locator |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A computing environment includes an application server code resident on a remote application server that can be distributed by a local server. A request for information by a client is serviced by a request... |
| 6854112 |
System and method for the automatic installation and configuration of an operating system |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and a method for installing and configurating a package including an operating system, software products, and applications on end-user computers connected to server computers in a network. The... |
| 6854009 |
Networked computer system |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A networked computer system has a plurality of servers and a plurality of distributed clients, which may be devices or computers. Each client has a boot operating system (OS). Upon startup, the boot OS... |
| 6845394 |
Software delivery method with enhanced batch redistribution for use in a distributed computer network |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method, and associated computer system, for redistributing software packages in a distributed computer network after a failed distribution attempt is made in a distributed computer network by a master... |
| 6836793 |
Method of distributing data packets of system software where the receiving units acknowledge only proper reception |
| Dec-28-2004 |
In a point-to-multipoint system (SYS), particularly a video-on-demand system, comprising a send unit (SERVER) in the form of a server and a plurality of receive units (DEC) in the form of decoders, a new... |
| 6820260 |
Customized applet-on-hold arrangement |
| Nov-16-2004 |
When a call to a call center is enqueued to await an agent or placed on hold by an agent, an applet customized to satisfy an in-queue experience selected by the caller is downloaded to and executed on... |
| 6804710 |
Configuration information management system, method, program, and program storage device |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A method for enabling logical configuration information to be divided into those in specific ranges, thereby making it easier to manage logical configuration information of each of distributed computers.... |
| 6775830 |
Computer system and a program install method thereof |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A computer system including a plurality of computers, a management console operated by the operator to install a program in the computers and a storage subsystem coupled to the computers and the management... |
| 6772192 |
Software download and distribution via image building and multicast |
| Aug-3-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for installing software on a computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided that includes building a disk image from requested... |
| 6769118 |
Dynamic, policy based management of administrative procedures within a distributed computing environment |
| Jul-27-2004 |
An administrative management system comprising an administrative server and a client is disclosed. In response to a selection of an administrative procedure to be executed on the client, the administrative... |
| 6766366 |
Method for loading a function provided by a first computer (server) onto a second computer (client) |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A function is to be loaded from a first computer onto a second computer via a network, preferably a computer network or a communication network. To that end, the second computer, in addition to containing... |
| 6766349 |
Mechanism for obtaining a thread from, and returning a thread to, a thread pool without attaching and detaching |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A JAVA application is typically executed as follows. First, a thread from a thread pool is attached to the JAVA virtual machine (JVM). Then, that thread is used to execute the JAVA application. Once the... |
| 6760761 |
Systems and methods for standardizing network devices |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A system facilitates configuration of at least one of multiple network devices (130) of different types. The system includes a configuration database (310), a policies database (320), a configuration generator... |
| 6757894 |
Preprocessed applications suitable for network streaming applications and method for producing same |
| Jun-29-2004 |
An application is preprocessed for use in an application streaming environment by dividing each file in the application into blocks corresponding to the code page block size used by the operating system.... |
| 6754896 |
Method and system for on-demand installation of software implementations |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method and system for installing software implementations such as applications and COM classes as they are needed from an external source, such as a centralized network store. When a software implementation... |
| 6754895 |
Method and system for automatic firmware updates in a portable hand-held device |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method for automatically updating firmware of a hand-held device. To initiate the automatic update, a reset of the hand-held device is detected. Once a reset is detected, an update application is executed,... |
| 6754848 |
Method, system and program products for operationally migrating a cluster through emulation |
| Jun-22-2004 |
An updating capability updates a component of a computing environment, while maintaining the availability of the computing environment. In particular, a component of the computing environment which is... |
| 6751794 |
Intelligent patch checker |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method to remotely update software for a plurality of client system is disclosed. A client system sends a request for an upgrade to a server system. The request includes a unique identification that... |
| 6738806 |
Method and system of deploying an application between computers |
| May-18-2004 |
A method of deploying an application for shared execution between at least one alternate computing resource and a device interconnected by a communication medium. The method including the categorizing... |
| 6735625 |
System and method for automatically determining whether a product is compatible with a physical device in a network |
| May-11-2004 |
A system and method for interfacing with a component located in a network environment is provided. A user in a network environment can connect to a device on the network and automatically learn at least... |
| 6718548 |
Method for embedding an operating system and an application program into a memory apparatus |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A method for embedding an operating system and application program into a memory apparatus. The operating system includes a boot file and a run control (RC) program and the method includes the steps as... |
| 6708333 |
Method and system for reporting failures of a program module in a corporate environment |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A computer-implemented method and system for reporting failures in an application program module to a corporate file server. The failure may be a crash or a set-up failure. Once detected, the program failures... |
| 6704824 |
Universal serial bus adapter with automatic installation |
| Mar-9-2004 |
A peripheral device and a method for operating the peripheral device for automatic installation, in which the method includes coupling the peripheral device to a computer and sending a first device identification... |
| 6698018 |
System and method of multiple-stage installation of a suite of applications |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A multiple stage installation system for the installation and setup of a suite of applications segregates and organizes the preparation, installation, clean up, optimization, etc. into functional groupings... |
| 6697852 |
Oneclick installation for client-server application package |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A method of installing a client-server application package from a server computer having a server program, a client distribution program, a client installation program and a client program to a client... |
| 6687902 |
Method, system, and program for deleting user selected file sets of a program |
| Feb-3-2004 |
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for uninstalling a program and deleting files. The program is defined by a plurality of file sets. Each file set defines a set of functions performed by the program.... |
| 6681392 |
Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation. A software system running in a local computer system used by a system administrator can install drivers, network utilities, and other peripheral... |
