US 2017/0364342 A1 · PLUGIN FOR SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT

Abstract

A plugin for a website browser can enable a user to deploy software onto a computing device quickly and easily. For example, the plugin can automatically detect that a user is visiting a website on which program code for a software application is shared or hosted. The website may be an open-source website, a program-code repository, or a program-code review platform. The plugin can automatically analyze the program code, an installation file provided with the program code, software and hardware characteristics of the specific computing device on which the software application is to be deployed, and other data to determine how to deploy the software application on the specific computing device. The plugin can then deploy the software application on the computing device in response to the user clicking a button, allowing for the software application to be easily deployed on the computing device with minimal user interaction or skill.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable medium in which instructions executable by a processing device are stored for causing the processing device to:

determine, using a plugin associated with a website browser, information about how to deploy a software application on a computing device by analyzing content of a website that is hosting program code for the software application;
and
deploy, using the plugin, the software application on the computing device using the information and the program code for the software application.

A system comprising:

a processing device;
and
a memory device in which instructions are stored for causing the processing device to use a plugin for a website browser to:
receive a user-configurable parameter for customizing how an application is to be deployed on a computing device by the plugin, the application being executable independent of the website browser;
determine information about how to deploy the application on the computing device by analyzing content of a website that is hosting program code for the application;
and
deploy the application on the computing device using the user-configurable parameter, the information, and the program code for the application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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