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US 6,289,512 B1Granted
Automatic program installation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam Mitchell Edwards, Stephen Brent Gest
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam Mitchell Edwards, Stephen Brent Gest
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A method and implementing system is provided by which software is formatted to include a selected program together with installation instructions for the installation of the selected program. In an exemplary embodiment, the software is an archive containing the selected program and an installer program. In a specific example, a manifest file, which is contained within a JAR file includes a manifest tag which specifies a class to be executed for the installation process. In another exemplary embodiment, a different tag indicates to automatically run an executable “setup.exe” for the installation process. Functions of the installation process may include extracting contents of multiple JAR files, executing self-extracting executables, or setting environment variables such as CLASSPATH. Uninstall instructions may also be packaged in the JAR.
A method for installing a selected program from an archive of files containing said selected program, said method comprising:
A method for downloading at least one selected program from a first terminal at a remote location to a receiving terminal, said method comprising:
A storage medium including machine readable coded indicia, said storage medium being selectively coupled to a reading device at a receiving terminal, said reading device being selectively coupled to processing circuitry, said reading device being selectively operable to read said machine readable coded indicia and provide program signals representative thereof, said program signals being selectively operable for installing a selected program from an archive of files containing said selected program, said program signals being effective for:
A communication system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.