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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsGordon R. Meyer, Albert R. Howard, Jr., Wayne Loofbourrow
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Systems and methods are disclosed that monitor upgrade availability for computer information on a user's computer and allows the user to determine which of the available upgrades will be downloaded to the user's computer and installed. The upgrade availability for computer information on the user's computer is monitored in the background, without user-intervention when the user connects to a network, such as the Internet. If any such upgrades are available, a flag is set to notify the user of such upgrades. The user is notified of any available upgrades when computer information is accessed for which an upgrade is available, and given a choice of whether or not to download the available upgrade(s). The downloaded upgrade(s) may then be installed by an installation means. In this manner, the present invention allows for the user to download only those upgrades desired by the user.
A method, comprising:
A system, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable information storage device having computer-readable program instructions and a software component recorded thereon, said program instructions, when executed by a processor in a computer, cause the processor to:
A system, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.