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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110569 | Installing and Updating Interpreted Programming Language Applications using a Designated Virtual Machine A method, system and program of executing an interpreted programming language application from a server at a designated virtual machine on a client computer are provided. A manifest file is extracted which indicates at least one resource for the interpreted programming ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084771 | Communication Device and Management Method A communication device includes a communication module, an installation module and an storage module. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external device based on a certain communication protocol. The installation module is configured to instal... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CREATION OF A NETWORK INTERFACE A method and apparatus for efficient wireless interface installation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for installing a first interface driver and a second interface driver is disclosed. The method comprises iterating a first interface driver installation proces... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054735 | INSTALLING A COMPUTER PROGRAM An electronic mobile communication device is configured to install a computer program onto a computing device that is different than the mobile communication device. The installation process includes the electronic mobile computing device communicating with the computin... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PACKAGE PROFILES IN SOFTWARE PACKAGE REPOSITORIES USING SELECTIVE SUBSETS OF PACKAGES Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating package profiles in software package repositories using selective subsets of packages. A physical or virtual client machine can host a set of installed software packages, including operating system, application, a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120005520 | SIMPLIFYING AUTOMATED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE OF DATA CENTERS An aspect of the present invention simplifies software maintenance of nodes in a data center. In one embodiment, a management system receives data specifying a set of commands to be executed on a node in the data center, and then forms a maintenance script by programmat... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DEPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT A system, method, computer program product are shown for automatically performing deployment activities that can handle deployments for any-sized organization, even for deployments at the enterprise level. According to some approaches, modeling is performed to generate ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110307880 | DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATION NOTIFICATIONS INCLUDING TASK BAR OVERLAYS Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307883 | Web Application Pinning Including Task Bar Pinning Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110296402 | SOFTWARE LICENSE SERVING IN A MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT Techniques for implementing software licensing in a massive parallel processing environment on the basis of the actual use of licensed software instances are disclosed. In one embodiment, rather than using a license server or a node-locked license strategy, each use of ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CREATING AND ACCESSING SOFTWARE SIMULATED COMPUTERS The system and methods of the present application comprise one or more computers that generate and maintain a plurality of software-simulated computers. Each software-simulated computer is adapted to efficiently run an installed application program. Additional security ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296396 | Mechanism for Dynamically Generating Spec Files for Software Package Managers A mechanism for dynamically generating spec files for software package managers is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extracting, via a file developer at an application server of a computer system, file information from project files of a softw... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296398 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO UPDATE A PACKAGE MANAGER SOFTWARE Embodiments relate to systems and methods for determining when to update a package manager software on a client. An update tool can interface with a package manager running a first version of the package manager software to inspect an available update to a package insta... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296395 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CLIENT QUALIFICATION TO EXECUTE PACKAGE UPDATE MANAGER A compatibility tool can certify compliance between software packages managers, used by or known to a user, and software packages to be updated or installed on a computing system. Additionally, the compatibility tool can identify a software package manager that is compa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283275 | SERVER DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM A server device, which provides a client device with a driver package including a core module of a driver, includes a storage unit for storing the core module, function modules, and a rule file defining packaging conditions for the function modules; a receiving unit for... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271274 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLABORATIVELY INSTALLING A COMPUTER APPLICATION According to one embodiment, a computer program product for collaboratively installing a computer application includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer read... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265080 | DYNAMIC RETRIEVAL OF INSTALLATION PACKAGES WHEN INSTALLING SOFTWARE A method and apparatus for dynamic retrieval of installation packages when installing software is described herein. In one embodiment, a process can be provided to determine a specific installation package to be installed for software having one or more packages to be i... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110251971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME COLLABORATION IN A CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT An embodiment of the invention comprises a real-time collaborative technical support (RTCTS) system that may automatically generate and/or maintain social networks that may be dynamically evolving. The social networks may be based on the output of at least one multi-mod... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246978 | APPLICATION PORTABILITY AND TRANSFER OF DEVICE MANAGEMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES Provided are methods and apparatus for managing software components on a device when transferring device management responsibilities for the device from a first device management server to a second device management server. The capability to change device management ser... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SOFTWARE USING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the softwa... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225578 | SCALABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERACTIVE REAL-TIME MEDIA ARCHITECTURES FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS Method for implementing a software application in networked desktop virtualization environment, desktop virtualization environment including desktop virtualization server and desktop virtualization endpoint device, both in communication with one another over network. Me... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219385 | VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SERVER APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS WEB APPLICATIONS An application virtualization system enables server applications, such as web applications to be easily deployable, separates an application and its state from the system, and allows applications to be easily moved to another server. The application virtualization syste... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214120 | INSTALLER AND METHOD OF INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVER When installing an integrated type printer driver corresponding to a plurality of image processing apparatuses in an information processing apparatus, deletion of unnecessary individual printer drivers and an operation of setting various information are not required. An... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUISITION OF AN APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method and system for acquisition of an application for installation on a communication device. The method comprises monitoring a frequency of a usage event at the communication device to infer a set of usage characteristics; triggering a search request to a computer ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202915 | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHOD, CLIENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT In a client apparatus, when a request to install a program stored in a server is received, a dependence display creating unit acquires server program information including information indicating the program stored in the server and information indicating the dependence ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196755 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR HOUSE AUTOMATION CONFIGURATION AT POINT OF SALE A Point of sale device, system and computer program for configuration of house automation, including a reader arranged to read an identity associated with a sensor for home automation, an interface arranged to receive input of installation data of the sensor; and a comm... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191768 | Systems and Methods to Identify Users Using an Automated Learning Process A computer-implemented method includes: collecting first data from first computers on which first software is installed, the first data including first characteristics associated with the first computers and adoption results of the first software; correlating the first ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110191769 | Automated Network Backup Device and Method Automatically backing up one or more computers across a network to a backup device coupled to the network through one of the computers connected to the network. In one embodiment, a user connects the backup device to a first network connected computer which triggers the... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110191767 | CONTROLLED USE MEDICAL APPLICATON In an example, a virtualized medical application container can be created, including creating an image of a clean version of an operating system, installing a medical application on the image, and initializing the medical application on the image.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110191771 | Feature Manager System for Facilitating Communication and Shared Functionality Among Components The feature manager system for facilitating communication and shared functionality among components comprises a network of components, where one component receives or generates a request for a feature, searches its local system for the feature, and if the feature is not... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110178886 | System and Method for Manufacturing and Personalizing Computing Devices A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for separating the installation of an operating system from the fulfillment, installation, and entitlement of other digital assets. Information associated with the purchase of a system and digital assets to be... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173605 | Automated Configuration and Installation of Virtualized Solutions An installation system for a multiple device, multiple application solution may include options for installing and configuring one or more of the devices as virtual machines. The installation system may start from bare hardware, install a virtual machine host, and confi... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110161954 | Image forming apparatus operating based on framework capable of sharing function among a plurality of bundles and method of installing bundle in image forming apparatus Provided is a method of installing a bundle in an image forming apparatus operating based on a framework capable of sharing a function among a plurality of bundles. The method includes extracting related information between the bundle and another bundle from an XML file... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110158331 | Emulating Increased Sample Frequency in a Wireless Sensor Node and/or a Wireless Sensor Network Apparatus and processors for wireless sensor nodes are disclosed emulating increasing the sampling frequency of the sensors of the wireless sensor nodes. Apparatus and processors are disclosed using the improved sensor readings to generate vehicle parameters for vehicle... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM A method for operating a hospital information system, including a plurality of computer machines interconnected in a network, is provided that keeps data and configurations globally consistent during installation, upgrade or update of the system or its subsystems, and e... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110154302 | ADDING SERVICES TO APPLICATION PLATFORM VIA EXTENSION Systems and methods for adding services to an application platform via an extension platform coupled to the application platform. The application platform runs in a first operation system process and provides a number of resources. The extension platform is implemented ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110131567 | System and method for an application distribution and metrics system enabling the integration of distrubuted applications into host applications and the monetizing of distributed applications The present invention comprises an application distribution and metrics system as well as an application monetizing system (ADMS). The ADMS incorporates a cross-platform application distribution system and a usage-based and ad-based monetizing system which allows for fi... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110125829 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT A method, system, and computer program product for providing content management services are provided. The method includes displaying a listing of content feeds within a user interface screen, each content feed representing a list of content entries. The method also inc... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110126197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CLOUD AND VIRTUALIZED DATA CENTERS IN AN INTELLIGENT WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The system and method for controlling cloud and virtualized data centers described herein may include a computing environment having a model-driven, service-oriented architecture for creating collaborative threads to manage workloads, and further to creating cloud image... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110113422 | Programmatic Creation Of Task Sequences From Manifests Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for receiving, by a computer, data representing a plurality of manifests, each manifest identifying a different subset of a plurality of software components; generating, by the computer, and based on the manifests, a task ... | 05/12/2011 |
