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US Patent 6115549 - Directory-services-based software distribution apparatus and method
US Patent Issued on September 5, 2000
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 12, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 12, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAn apparatus for distributing software implements directory services of a network to provide data for controlling a distribution of software. A software object may be any electronic representation of data of any type, from a single byte, to a complex application, or the like. A directory services computer, responsible for maintaining a data store of inter-related logical entities may store a distribution object containing all distribution information associated with a distribution. Distribution information may include a listing of targets, actual entities represented as logical entities in the data store, which are to receive a distribution of a software object. The directory services computer provides instantiations of various portions or an entire data store to be read by various nodes or computers throughout a network or internetwork. Accordingly, an individual computer, such as an individual client or workstation may read information in a distribution object, identified itself as a target of a distribution, and pull the designated software object, completing the distribution to itself. Distribution may also be effected by a workstation from a remote source node to a remote destination node. Authorizations, timing, targets, and software objects, may all be identified in a distribution object.Other References
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