| 7043724 |
System and services for handling computing environments as documents |
| May-9-2006 |
A system for describing computing environments as electronic documents, programs or other types of electronic representation or data is disclosed. The environment description can be created, transferred... |
| 7043407 |
Method and apparatus for configuring systems |
| May-9-2006 |
The present invention employs a generative approach for configuring systems such that a system may be configured based on component or resource requests, or input in the form of need. The present invention... |
| 7032220 |
Method and apparatus for saving install properties in a fileset object and/or system registry for use during uninstall |
| Apr-18-2006 |
An apparatus and method that allows developers to create installation programs in which variables and variable values used during a product installation are automatically stored in a system product registry... |
| 7024435 |
Data recording device, data recording method, data reproducing device and data reproducing method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
When the size of a file which has been read out from a magnetic disc unit less than a predetermined value, a CPU the file onto a magnetic tape of a magnetic tape unit as an archive file of a standard form... |
| 7020875 |
Mechanism for selecting representatives from program patch chains based on user roles |
| Mar-28-2006 |
An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation on any given system. The patches are organized into patch chains each having... |
| 7013455 |
System for automatically altering environment variable to run proper executable file by removing references to all except one duplicate file in the path sequence |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A method, system, and apparatus for correcting a path sequence of an environment variable in a data processing system is provided. In one embodiment, an environment variable manager monitors the data processing... |
| 6996667 |
Method and apparatus for rewriting program executed in disk drive |
| Feb-7-2006 |
If a disk drive receives a program transfer command issued by a host system, a program specified by the command is written to a disk. Next time the disk drive is powered on, a process is executed during... |
| 6993760 |
Installing software on a mobile computing device using the rollback and security features of a configuration manager |
| Jan-31-2006 |
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... |
| 6993642 |
Method and system for creating and employing an operating system having selected functionality |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method of creating and employing an operating system (OS) image having selected functionality. A user, such as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers (PCs) or an information... |
| 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... |
| 6990661 |
Apparatus and method for downloading data to electronic device |
| Jan-24-2006 |
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... |
| 6986148 |
Methods and systems for providing platform-independent shared software components for mobile devices |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Systems and methods integrate and provide platform independence to shared component objects. A host is targeted for a mobile device and registers software components. Upon a request for services by an... |
| 6981254 |
Delay timer for printing from the driver |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The present invention includes computer programs on computer-readable media that allows for controlling a computer system to perform a delayed operation such as, but not limited to, a print command, an... |
| 6978439 |
Cross-platform software development with a software development peripheral |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A cross-platform development system includes a computing device that generates an image of an operating system, and a software development peripheral connected to the computing device that runs the operating... |
| 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... |
| 6968550 |
Apparatus and method for synchronizing software between computers |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A method and apparatus for synchronizing software between computers are disclosed. A software fix manager compares a preferred software inventory with a software inventory from a computer that is to be... |
| 6968551 |
System and user interface for generation and processing of software application installation instructions |
| Nov-22-2005 |
The present invention allows developers of user installable software interfaces to generate end user installation procedures and documentation for the interface through a software solution. The method... |
| 6966487 |
Automated teller machine software and distribution method |
| Nov-22-2005 |
An automated teller machine (12) includes at least one processor (36) which operates to cause transaction function devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34) to operate to carry... |
| 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... |
| 6959330 |
Sync-time read only memory image binding for limited resource devices |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A method and system for installing an application or a set of applications on a client device, such as a portable (or palmtop) computer system. The application(s) to be installed are identified. The host... |
| 6954928 |
Method for selecting a set of patches to update a system of programs |
| Oct-11-2005 |
An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation into any given system. Each patch is assigned a ranking based upon how thoroughly... |
| 6954279 |
Automated output of user guide |
| Oct-11-2005 |
An interface card for a device with image output capabilities. The interface card includes a connector for connecting to the device and a controller. The controller sends data for output of an image of... |
| 6948166 |
System and method for automatically de-installing previously installed software based on user defined preferences |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for managing software packages that are to be installed on a computer by automatically de-installing previously installed software based on user... |
| 6944858 |
Installation of application software through a network from a source computer system on to a target computer system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A technique for the remote installation of application software from a source computer system to one or more target computer systems (workstation) coupled to a Local Area Network (LAN). The present invention... |
| 6941551 |
Method and system for creating a quality of service message |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A test program creates a variety of types of quality of service messages to allow a user to test the response of one or more network devices to the variety of messages. The test program displays a representation... |
| 6931546 |
System and method for providing application services with controlled access into privileged processes |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A system for providing application services in a computing environment having both user-mode processes and privileged-mode processes. An agent executes in privileged mode and exposes an interface to user-mode... |
| 6928579 |
Crash recovery system |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A client device is connectable to a server via a communication network for receiving new software packages. The client device includes a pair of system partitions designated as current and backup system... |
| 6925345 |
Method and system for manufacture of information handling systems from an image cache |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A method and system for manufacturing information handling systems analyzes orders for information handling system configurations to select one or more configurations for imaging. For instance, frequently... |
| 6922831 |
Method and system for providing software utilizing a restore medium and a network |
| Jul-26-2005 |
The present invention is directed to a system and method of restoring an information handling system utilizing a restore medium and a network storage medium. In a first aspect of the present invention,... |
| 6920631 |
Software installation and validation using custom actions |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A software installation and semantic database validation system using custom actions is disclosed. The system includes a database engine module for maintaining a database. The database contains a custom... |
| 6910208 |
System and method of providing replaceable and extensible user interface for the installation of a suite of applications |
| Jun-21-2005 |
Presented is a system and a method for installing a suite of application programs that uses a common structure of a wizard page returned from a procedure exported from a dynamic link library (DLL) or executable... |
| 6908032 |
Automated teller machine, software and distribution method |
| Jun-21-2005 |
An automated teller machine (12) includes at least one processor (36) which operates to cause transaction function devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34) to operate to carry out banking transactions... |
| 6898617 |
Method, system and program products for managing thread pools of a computing environment to avoid deadlock situations by dynamically altering eligible thread pools |
| May-24-2005 |
Deadlock situations within a computing environment are avoided by properly managing pools of threads used to service requests of the computing environment. When a server of the computing environment receives... |
| 6892382 |
Method and apparatus for implementing deployment descriptors in an enterprise environment |
| May-10-2005 |
Methods and apparatus for implementing deployment descriptors which are used to deploy modules in an enterprise environment are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for... |
| 6892255 |
Program install method, file renewal method, program and computer system |
| May-10-2005 |
A method of installing a program or renewing a file. A first program or file stored on a first memory area is copied to a second memory area. Position-information memory area is updated with position information... |
| 6889510 |
Networking system for refrigerator and method of upgrading the system |
| May-10-2005 |
A networking system for a refrigerator in which a network module available for both wireless and wire accesses to the network over the Internet is built, thereby allowing an access to an other network... |
| 6882890 |
Industrial controller based on distributable technology objects |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method and system for controlling an industrial controller based on technology objects are disclosed. Technology object types may be loaded and instantiated into the run time system of a controller,... |
| 6874692 |
Monitoring center and service system of air conditioner |
| Apr-5-2005 |
In a service system of an air conditioner connected through a network to a monitoring center, the air conditioner receives radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite to transmit information of the received... |
| 6874142 |
System and method for automatically setting applet latest version |
| Mar-29-2005 |
An applet latest version automatically setting system automatically sets the latest version of an applet such as a Java applet, etc. at a request of a client. Specifically, it stores in a method of an... |
| 6862615 |
Method and apparatus for software features synchronization between software systems |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A feature coordination interface between the Operating System (OS) and a Special Purpose Processor (SPP) in a computer system. Both the OS and SPP maintain a list of bit masks, identified by word numbers,... |
| 6862581 |
Patch distribution system, method and computer program product |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for distributing software patches utilizing a network. Initially, information relating to at least one application program is collected from... |
| 6854645 |
Automated teller machine, software and distribution method |
| Feb-15-2005 |
An automated teller machine (12) includes at least one processor (36) which operates to cause transaction function devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34) to operate to carry out banking transactions... |
| 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... |
| 6854061 |
Installing and controlling trial software |
| Feb-8-2005 |
According to one aspect of the invention, a method of creating a trial software product on a target system is provided. The method consists of intercepting file system calls from an installation process... |
| 6842896 |
System and method for selecting a server in a multiple server license management system |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A system for managing licenses for protected software on a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises at least one client computer and a pool of license servers coupled to the communication... |
| 6842769 |
Automatically configured network server |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A network server runs a routine that is triggered by an external database management program. The routine receives configuration parameters from the database, and configures application programs resident... |
| 6834269 |
Factory-installed software purchase verification key |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A software-generated purchase verification key is generated and stored on a computer at the factory where the make-to-order computer is assembled. The purchase verification key is provided by the computer... |
| 6832372 |
Updating system ROM configuration utility using NVRAM |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A computer system having central processing unit, a ROM, and an NVRAM. A table is stored in the ROM. The information relates to configuration data for boards installed in the computer. Each entry in the... |
| 6832312 |
Process for automatically installing video display software upon detecting new video display controller |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A method and system of an automated computer video display driver management system in setting up a video driver for a corresponding video display controller adapter is disclosed. The process including... |
