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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108854 | Method and system for describing and extracting application information A method and system for describing, extracting and migrating application information from a first personal computer to one or more other computers is described. This method and system provides a means for selecting and translating the information useful in transferr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087016 | Enforcing hierarchical management policy A system and method for using hierarchical policy levels. In one embodiment, computers of the network are arranged into a hierarchy. A management policy server with access to the network queries the network to identify computers at or below its own level within the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055632 | Design of self-adapting meta descriptors based upon real use scenarios and experiences Provided is a system for generating an on-demand, custom runtime solution to a user or business's computing needs. A library of software components corresponding to different computing tasks of a business situation is created. Each software component is associated w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8019725 | Software update management A software update method permits a local software update server to act as a update source for client computer systems in its local network. The local update server provides updates for one or more specified groups of client computers. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001542 | Self-installing software components for network service execution A system and method for providing self-installing software components for network service execution is presented. A basic communication framework is established with a service host system executing a network service software component to provide a network service. A... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7954098 | System and methods for SAN agent installation A bulk install which evaluates prerequisites and performs installations of agents for multiple remote host computers performs a prerequisite check to identify prerequisite files, resources, or other objects expected by each agent on the hosts, and identifies potenti... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7913250 | Automated state migration while deploying an operating system Migration of a user state from a source computing device to a destination computing device using a state migration point (SMP) is disclosed. The destination computing device may be the same as the source computing device but with a different operating system. The us... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7890952 | Autonomic peer-to-peer computer software installation Methods, systems, and products are provided for peer-to-peer computer software installation. Embodiments include receiving, by an observing install agent running on an observing host from a test install agent running on a test host, performance information describin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7861242 | Mobile application morphing system and method The morphing system and method alters the behavior and/or state of a jumping application according to the needs and/or requirements of the target host. In more detail, the jumping application system gathers information about the computer hosts to which jumping appli... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7836445 | Technique for installing a station device driver A technique is disclosed that provides a host computing device user with convenient access to a network. In the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a telecommunications station stores device driver files. The host computing device installs a device dri... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7814482 | System and method for grid MPI job allocation using file-based MPI initialization in grid computing system A file-based Message Passing Interface (MPI) job allocation apparatus for a middleware-based grid computing apparatus in which computers having a plurality of computing resources including an MPI program are distributed and connected to each other through a network,... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814481 | Method and system for minimal disruption during software upgrade or reload of a network device A method and system for resetting a network device. Specifically, in one embodiment, a method is disclosed for upgrading and/or reloading software for a network device with minimal disruption. The method begins by separating operations associated with layer two of a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814126 | Using task sequences to manage devices Task sequences are used to manage devices. According to one aspect, a user-defined or user-selected task sequence is received. The task sequence is converted into an ordered series of steps, and the series of steps are performed, in accordance with their order, in m... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810090 | Grid compute node software application deployment A method including, in a grid network, determining available compute devices for installation and execution of an application, the application requiring a specific operating system. The method also includes, in response to determining that there are no available com... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7784047 | Common management model for distributed server network Custom management capability is provided through MBeans over a distributed management domain. The management domain is a collection of distributed servers that are managed as a unit, wherein the management system of the present invention presents an API for providin... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7761871 | Data access architecture Methods and apparatuses for remotely accessing data through a wireless device are disclosed. Preferably, the wireless device includes an ability to link data between software components operating on the wireless device. Additionally, the wireless device preferably i... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748000 | Filtering a list of available install items for an install program based on a consumer's install policy An install program is enabled for a user to configure at least one location of at least one policy system that is to be accessed via a network to gather at least one install policy, where the install policy specifies a policy for filtering out a selection of install... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743374 | Network system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and control program for remote driver installation There is a problem of making it possible to set up a driver with a simple operation when a driver for a peripheral device on the network is not installed. When a driver setup instruction is given, an instruction is sent to the specified PC to perform an operation to... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7730481 | Method, apparatus and system of anti-virus software implementation In one embodiment, an anti-virus verification unit detects connection messages transmitted by a network server and a network client on a network. The anti-virus verification unit determines a network address of the network client according to the connection messages... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7721282 | Block-level I/O subsystem for distributed application environment management An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for distributing an application environment to a compute node. The system includes a first storage unit for storing blocks of a root image of the compute node and a second storage unit for storing a leaf... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7698703 | Imparting digital uniqueness to the types of a programming language using a unique digital sequence A system and method for establishing uniqueness in type definition names. Each application vendor has associated therewith a unique data sequence. The data sequence is combined with the type definition name and then a digital operation is performed to produce a uniq... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7676805 | Wireless sensor node executable code request facilitation method and apparatus A wireless sensor node can request, responds to requests for, and maintain executable code (101), including executable code for which the wireless sensor node is itself tasked with executing. Upon receiving (102), however, a request for executable code... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7657887 | System for transactionally deploying content across multiple machines A system for transactionally deploying content across multiple machines in a network environment automates and synchronizes secure and reliable distribution of digital assets to multiple network locations, allowing controlled provisioning and synchronization of code... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7647588 | Smart archive for JAR files A method for updating values within the contents of a JAVA Archive (JAR) file without altering the JAR file structure. The present invention comprises a Smart Archive Program (SAP) and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for implementing the SAP. The SAP creates a temp... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7631306 | System and method for network image propagation without a predefined network A system and method for network image propagation without a predefined network advantageously allows customers to automatically perform several system BOS installation or mksysb restoration over a virtual network with no predefined network and minimal installer conf... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7614052 | System and method for developing and deploying computer applications over a network A method of developing a computer application by coding a markup document in an XML markup language, coding a business logic component using any programming language, compiling the business logic component into a specific executable code, converting the XML document... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7600227 | Automatic detection and installation of client peripheral devices by a server A server-client system is configured to automatically detect and install peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, etc. that are attached to a client. The server is configured to detect the peripheral device and install a driver that is compatible with the per... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587715 | System and method for selective installation of one or more components for a data storage management system This invention is a system and method for local and/or remote installing, uninstalling, or upgrading components of a data storage management system, and may include an ability to control the installation from a central location in accordance with rules and protocol ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574707 | Install-run-remove mechanism A method includes requesting a computer in a network to install a first application and execute the first application, transferring one or more files to the computer, making modifications to the computer to install and execute the first application on the computer w... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7533379 | Methods for incremental application deployment Incremental application deployment allows any files under development for an application to be modified directly in place, such as on a server disk. Application and module configuration information can be collected from a user as they build their application. Each t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7461375 | Print managing apparatus, device driver registering method, and device driver registering program In a system in which a client, a plurality of output devices, and a server are connected via a network, it is an object to enable a device driver to be installed into the server by a remote operation of the client and eliminate troublesomeness upon setting of a cons... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451442 | System and method for installing a translator A system and a method pertain to packaging a document file together with a translator to form a job package, opening the job package, identifying the translator, and installing the translator in memory of an imaging device. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448034 | Build time determination and installation of drivers on cloned systems A replica image of a computer system is loaded to a target computer system being built. A detection program running on the target computer system detects configuration information and attached devices and provides this information to a build program. The build progr... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437713 | Automated system that tests software on multiple computers A system by which a software product may be tested on multiple client computers on various platforms. Product developers submit requests for tests on their products, in the form of test packets, to a test component, via an API. For each platform and language (i.e., ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437705 | System and method for building an application on a computing device which includes an environment-controlling process Disclosed is a system and method of creating a build on a computer. The process involves special files which are checked into a version controlling system. One of these files includes only those parameters which are particular to the environment in the build is goin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430736 | Download and installation of software from a network printer An architecture for providing device software from a network peripheral device to a client machine. An end-user of a client machine connected to the network accesses the network peripheral device having the device software stored therein. In response thereto, the ne... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426048 | Image forming apparatus, controlling method, and control program An image forming apparatus in which programs for controlling processes that are provided by the image forming apparatus are installed. The image forming apparatus includes means for managing the use amount of each program by use of a counter, means for recognizing t... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418701 | Network device and setup method thereof A network device which is connected to a network and provides an information processor on the network with a service, comprising: a network communication unit for communications over the network; a storage medium interface unit for connection with a storage medium i... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415703 | Loading software on a plurality of processors A processing unit (PU) retrieves a file from system memory and loads it into its internal memory. The PU extracts a processor type from the file's header which identifies whether the file should execute on the PU or a synergistic processing unit (SPU). If an SPU sho... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412480 | Device and method for updating code The invention is directed to a method for a software provider to enable a software-acquiring entity to arrive from an existent first signed piece of code at a second signed piece of code. Both pieces of code were generated at the software provider by use of a first ... | 08/12/2008 |
