Image based installation
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJason Cohen, Ryan Burkhardt, Wesley G. Miller, Tom Yaryan, Bruce L. Green
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Abstract
A system and method for copying a run-time image independent of computer context from a source computer-readable medium to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer. Software of the invention integrates the copied software product with the target computer. The software applies an operating system and/or associated application programs to the target computer as a run-time image.
Claims25
A method of transferring a run-time image independent of computer context from a source computer-readable medium to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer via one or more transfer computer-readable media, said method comprising:
- copying the run-time image onto the transfer media;
- and
- copying an executable install routine onto the transfer media, wherein said executable install routine, when executed by the target computer, applies the run-time image to the target media and integrates the applied run-time image with the target computer.
A method of transferring a run-time image independent of computer context from a source computer-readable medium to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer, said method comprising:
- applying the run-time image to the target media;
- and
- copying an executable install routine to the target media, wherein said executable install routine, when executed by the target computer, integrates the applied run-time image with the target computer.
One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for applying a run-time image independent of computer context to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer, said components comprising:
- a run-time image for use by the target computer;
- and
- an executable install routine which, when executed by the target computer, applies the run-time image onto the target media and integrates the applied run-time image with the target computer.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure representing a list of one or more integration tasks to be executed to integrate a run-time image independent of computer context with a target computer having one or more target computer-readable media, said data structure comprising one or more data fields storing computer-executable instructions for:
- applying the run-time image to the target media;
- determining one or more parameters specific to the target computer;
- and
- integrating the determined parameters and the applied run-time image.
One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for applying a run-time image independent of computer context to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer, said components comprising:
- an imaging tool for applying the run-time image to the target media;
- and
- an integration module for integrating the applied run-time image with the target computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.