Loading patent…
AssigneeSynnex Technology International Corp.
InventorsHsu-Jung Lin, Jin-Li Kuo
Estimating the term…
When installing software bundles on target computers, a set of distinct image files is first created, each of which corresponds to a software bundle resident in a reference storage medium of a reference computer that was built according to a specified hardware and software configuration. The image files are copied into each of a plurality of target storage mediums. The target computers are built according to the specified hardware configuration of one of the previously created image files, and have the target storage mediums installed therein. Each target computer is then enabled to select one of the image files in its target storage medium, the selected image file corresponding to the hardware configuration of the target computer and having a desired software configuration. Finally, for each target computer, the selected image file is decoded to result in the software bundle that is stored in the target storage medium.
A method for installing software bundles on target computers, comprising the steps of:
A method for installing a software bundle on a target computer, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
Drawings are temporarily unavailable. Open the PDF at USPTO
From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.
Backward citations are indexed for grants only.
Term end not estimated
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method for installing a software bundle on a computer, more particularly to one that facilitates installation of software bundles on a plurality of target computers.
2. Description of the Related Art
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an image file creation procedure of the preferred embodiment of a method for installing software bundles on target computers according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an image file management procedure of the method of the preferred embodiment;
With reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the preferred embodiment of a method for installing software bundles according to the present invention generally comprises an image file creation procedure 1, an image file management procedure 2, and an image file decoding procedure 3.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, during the image file creation procedure 1, the computer manufacturer first defines hardware and software configurations of all computers scheduled for production (step 10). A software configuration includes at least one of an operating system 50 (for instance, Windows2000,WindowsXP,etc.), hardware driver software 51 (for instance, motherboards, video cards, etc.) and application software 52 (for instance, Microsoft Office 2000, etc.) that form a specified software bundle.
A code is assigned to every software via a coding rule based on the types of the operating system 50, the hardware driver software 51, and the application software 52 that are available (step 11). In this embodiment, the operating systems provided by the computer manufacturer are different versions of the Windows operating system available from Microsoft. Thus, two alphanumeric characters based on the names of the Windows operating systems can be used for coding, as follows: 1 Operating system Code Windows 98 98 Windows ME ME Windows NT NT Windows 2000 2K Windows XP home version XH Windows XP professional version XP