Method of automatic software installation in hand personal computer production line

• US 20020129350A1
• Filed: 12/19/2000
• Published: 09/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Ya-Hui, Song, Jeff, Lin, Kuang-Hsin
• Application Number:
  US09/741,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129350A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Installation of software is forwarded by an automatic method in a Hand Personal Computer in the production line. The method includes defining setup executive files to store files and paths, which need to be copied. According to the defined data in the executive setup file, they are filled on a filelist. In the end, based on the filelist information, need-to-install software programs are copied into Hand Personal Computers.

Claims

1. A method for software installation to a Hand Personal Computer by managing a filelist system in the production line comprising the following steps:

(A) Producing a setup executive file for selecting software installation information for said Hand Personal Computer; and

(B) Running said setup executive file by said software installation information to produce the filelist, so the need-to install software can be copied to said Hand Personal Computer by corresponding to information saving spot defined in said filelist.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the steps of producing a setup executive file comprise further steps:

Obtaining all file information from an outside storage device, and filling said file information to said filelist;

Displaying all said file information to a user displayer of said filelist;

Selecting need-to-copy files;

Filling said need-to-copy files to said setup executive file;

Displaying and editing said setup executive files; and

Emptying said filelist.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after displaying and editing said setup executive file comprises:

Reading said file installation information of said setup executive file if said setup executive file has said file installation information; and

Defining said setup executive file by selecting all file information from said outside storage device if said setup executive file does not have said file installation information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein running said setup executive file comprises a further step:

Copying need-to-copy software to said Hand Personal Computer by said filelist if the reading is at the end of the line; and

Analyzing and filling the content of said read setup executive file to said filelist if the reading is not at the end of the line.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein analyzing the content of said read setup executive file comprises dividing said content of said read setup executive file to file name, source path and destination path line by line.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising, after the step of analyzing the content of said read comprising following step:

Generating a new saving spot at the end of said filelist if said file name does not contain a match sign, as well as filling said file name, said source path, and said destination path to said saving spot.

Searching all files which fit in with the conditions, if said file name contains said match sign, and filing said file into said filelist.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of searching all files which fit in with said conditions comprises the following steps:

If the first file fitting in with the match condition is a folder, opening said folder, and changing said match condition to selecting all documents; and

If the first file fits in with said match condition is not a folder, performing the following substeps;

Generating said new saving spot in said end of said filelist; and

Reading and filling said file name, said source path, and said destination path to said saving spot.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the executive setup file comprises section names and section content.

9. The method as in claim 1, wherein the filelist is used for storing all need-to-copy files and their paths.

10. The method as in claim 1, wherein filelist comprises file name, source file path, destination file path, and pointer.

11. A computer readable medium which can be used for installing software programs to a Hand Personal Computer in the production line, comprising:

a setup executing unit which is used for selecting installation information of said software program for said Hand Personal Computer; and

an information list unit used for copying need-to-copy said software programs into said Hand Personal Computer by corresponding to an information saving spot in said information list.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein said setup executing unit comprises said installation information, in accordance with its filling of said need-to-copy software information to said information list unit.

13. The computer readable medium as in claim 11, wherein setup executive unit comprise section name and section content.

14. The computer readable medium as in claims 11, wherein installation information comprises all need-to-copy files and their paths.

15. The computer readable medium as in claim 11, wherein installation information comprises file name, source file path, destination file path and pointer.