Assembly manager

A method for improving the functionality of a computing system by providing assembly management of a client application, the method comprising:

• providing an application assembly to each client user of a plurality of client users;
• receiving a request from a given client user from the plurality of client users for a client-specific assembly associated with the given client user;
• determining whether the given client user has the client-specific assembly requested stored locally to the client application;
• if it is determined that the given client user has the client-specific assembly requested stored locally to the client application, transmitting a message to the client application indicating that the client-specific assembly requested is stored locally to the client application;
• if it is determined that the given client user does not have the client-specific assembly requested stored locally to the client application, determining whether permission has been granted to write to a disk;
• if it is determined that permission has been granted to write to the disk, transmitting the client-specific assembly to the disk to provide the client-specific assembly to the given client user;
• if it is determined that permission has not been granted to write to the disk, transmitting the client-specific assembly to a memory local to the client application to temporarily provide the client-specific assembly to the given client user, wherein the client-specific assembly is temporarily provided such that it is erased from the memory when the client user logs out of the client application.

A system for improving the functionality of a computing system by providing assembly management of a client application, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device including instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the system to provide:
• an authentication interface, operable to log a user into the system and determine a subscription level and a download permission associated with the user, wherein the subscription level includes a user level subscription and a facility level subscription that include information on the client application, application assemblies, and any client-specific assemblies, wherein the user level subscription and the facility level subscription are used to determine a version of the client-specific assembly to provide to the logged-in user, and wherein the download permission specifies whether the client-specific assembly is to be stored on a disk or a memory local to the user when retrieved;
• a communication hub, operable to verify with a software service provider whether the client application has local access to the client-specific assembly based on the logged-in user;
• a download manager, operable to retrieve the client-specific assembly from the software service provider and store the client-specific assembly, wherein the client-specific assembly is stored in accordance with the download permission;
• a retrieval gateway, operable to retrieve the application assemblies and the client-specific assembly stored by the download manager;
• and
• an integration engine in communication with the retrieval gateway to specify the client-specific assembly to be retrieved, wherein the integration engine is operable to integrate the client-specific assembly and application assemblies into the client application for provision to the user.