Patent
Systems and methods for automatic application version upgrading and maintenance
Clifford Heath,Graeme S. Port,Steven Klos,Graeme Greenhill +3 more
- 05 Sep 1996
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method and a system for maintaining application programs on a client computer in a client-server network environment, where the task of dynamically upgrading components in the application program running on client is greatly simplified by rendering control to the individual client rather than to a central server.
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Abstract: 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 application program running on a client is greatly simplified by rendering control to the individual client rather than to a central server. The version updating procedures of the present invention further provides steps to ensure speedy and error-free transfer of the required files and components through an open network environment, such as the Internet.
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