Software update method and apparatus
AssigneeSap SE
InventorHermann Weinmann
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Abstract
A method of automatically sending a pertinent software update to a user of an executable software application is disclosed. The method includes storing a plurality of software updates for the software application and ranking the pertinence of the individual software updates. At least one pertinent software update is selected from the plurality of software updates based on the ranking of the pertinence of the software update and automatically sent to the user.
Claims24
A method of sending a pertinent software update to a user of an executable software application, comprising:
- storing a plurality of software updates for the software application;
- generating statistical information about pertinence of each of the plurality of software updates;
- determining a ranking of pertinence for each of the plurality of software updates based on information received from multiple users of the executable software application, wherein the ranking of pertinence comprises a level of importance, and wherein determining the ranking of pertinence for each of the plurality of software updates comprises ranking each of the plurality of software updates based, at least in part, on the statistical information;
- selecting a first software update from the plurality of software updates based on the ranking of pertinence determined for the first software update;
- and
- automatically sending the first software update to the user.
A system for sending a pertinent software update to a user of an executable software application, comprising:
- memory for storing a plurality of software updates for the software application;
- a processor configured to execute instructions for determining a ranking of pertinence for each of the plurality of software updates based on information received from multiple users of the executable software application, wherein the ranking of pertinence comprises a level of importance, and configured to execute instructions for selecting a first software update from the plurality of software updates based on the ranking of pertinence determined for the first software update and for automatically sending the first software update to the user;
- wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions for generating statistical information about pertinence of the plurality of software updates;
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- wherein the ranking is based, at least in part, on the statistical information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.