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Method and apparatus for producing instructions describing the removal of updates to a computer system

Patent 6367075 Issued on April 2, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 30, 2019. Estimated 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 345999 filed on 06/30/1999

US Classes:

717/169Including multiple files

Examiners

Primary: Powell, Mark R.
Assistant: Zhen, Wei

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 009/455

Abstract

A computer program product and apparatus builds a set of uninstall instructions from a set of installation instructions so that one or more installations of computer updates can be removed.

Other References

  • Dan Mather, Automated Installation and Updating of Windows-Based Internet Aplications at James Madison University. Winning the Network Game. 1995. pp. 207-209
  • Feller. Software Process Support Through Software Configuration Management. ACM. pp. 58-60., 1990.
  • Thomas. Version and Configuration Management on a Software Engineering Database. ACM. pp. 23-25., 198
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