Patent
Software implementation installer mechanism
John C. Delo,Malcolm S. Haar,Chetan A. Parulekar,Tracy D. Ferrier,Benjamin C. Chamberlain,David Gonzalez,David Ray Rees Mckinnis +6 more
- 21 Sep 1998
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method and mechanism for automatically installing software implementations such as applications and COM classes as they are needed from an external source is presented, where a software implementation is needed, and if found, returns the information such as a local path needed to use the software implementation.
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Abstract: A method and mechanism for automatically installing software implementations such as applications and COM classes as they are needed from an external source. When a software implementation is needed, the mechanism first looks to the local system (e.g., registry) for that software implementation, and if found, returns the information such as a local path needed to use the software implementation. If the implementation is not found, the mechanism looks to another source, such as a CD-ROM or a centralized class store of a network, to locate the needed implementation. When located, the implementation is downloaded and locally installed from the source, and a local path is returned in a manner that is essentially transparent to the user. Software implementations such as application products may be divided into features and components to improve on-demand installation thereof.
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