| 5872979 |
Method and system for removing software involving shared files |
| Feb-16-1999 |
A method and system for maintaining the integrity of shared files when products are removed and restored. At least two programs, a first program and a second program, within the data processing system... |
| 5768597 |
System and methods for improved installation of compressed software programs |
| Jun-16-1998 |
A method is described for creating a self-extracting executable program by compressing an executable program into itself. In an exemplary environment, an executable program comprises the code, data, and... |
| 5696975 |
Launching computer applications |
| Dec-9-1997 |
A computer application stored on a storage medium (e.g., a portable storage medium such as a compact disk) is automatically launched. Initialization information expressed in accordance with a predefined... |
| 5684996 |
Method and arrangement for reducing the amount of information necessary for softway installation |
| Nov-4-1997 |
A system and method for achieving unitary installation of software at each time software is installed in user units of a distributed computer system. A specially adapted recipe is created from a general... |
| 5652886 |
System for loading a boot program into an initially blank programmable memory of a microprocessor using state machine and serial bus |
| Jul-29-1997 |
A state machine has specific states to boot a microprocessor and retrieve data from the microprocessor's memories while the microprocessor is running, but with operation temporarily suspended under control... |
| 5642417 |
Virtualized installation of material |
| Jun-24-1997 |
Virtualization converts a normally unidirectional process into a bi-directional process to permit automatic install and uninstall of new material, addition and/or modification of target materials while... |
| 5586323 |
Compilier system using an intermediate abstract form and machine-specific installers |
| Dec-17-1996 |
A translator system for translating source programs into machine language programs in an electronic computer system. An object program common to a plurality of different machine types of computers are... |
| 5452431 |
Microcircuit for a chip card comprising a protected programmable memory |
| Sep-19-1995 |
A microcircuit for a multi-application chip card, comprising notably a read-only memory (12), a programmable memory (13), and an addressing control circuit (14) for the programmable memory. The programmable... |
| 5367686 |
Method for automated complex multilevel softward installation in a data processing system |
| Nov-22-1994 |
The method of the present invention presents a plurality of option panels to a user, each option panel requiring at least one user input which specifies a system option for a selected data processing system.... |
| 5361358 |
System and method for installing program code for operation from multiple bootable operating systems |
| Nov-1-1994 |
A method, system and process for installing an application under a first operating system and translating the installation parameters into a set of similar parameters to assure proper execution under a... |
| 5278973 |
Dual operating system computer |
| Jan-11-1994 |
A mainframe computing system is adapted to be loaded with one of a plurality of different operating systems and different associated microcode to provide a computing system which is capable of running... |
| 5210854 |
System for updating program stored in EEPROM by storing new version into new location and updating second transfer vector to contain starting address of new version |
| May-11-1993 |
Firmware resident in electrically erasable programmable read only memory ("EEPROM") can be updated by a user while maintaining the intelligence of a computer system during the updating process by a control... |
| 5008814 |
Method and apparatus for updating system software for a plurality of data processing units in a communication network |
| Apr-16-1991 |
In maintaining a communication network of processing units distributed in multiple nodes linked by communication channels, system software in a plurality of data processing units is updated by first installing... |
| 4970639 |
Virtual machine architecture independent program loader |
| Nov-13-1990 |
A program loader for virtual machine (VM) operating systems (OS) for computer and data processing systems permits the loading and execution of programs in different virtual machine environments, depending... |
| 4888683 |
Method and apparatus for loading programs in a distributed processing system |
| Dec-19-1989 |
A system for loading a program in a distributed system including a plurality of information processing units interconnected by a transmission system comprises an information processing unit for preparing... |
