Registry emulation

• US 20040045016A1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Exent Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Extell Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Romm, Amnon, Elkoni, Avi
• Application Number:
  US10/645,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20040045016A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/542 Intercept
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A method for running a software application on a computer having an operating system that provides a local database containing consistent configuration data to be accessed by programs running on the computer. The method includes providing a file containing further configuration data required by the application, which further data are not stored in the local database. A request by the application to access the local database is intercepted, and an item of the further configuration data is returned from the file to the application, responsive to the request.

Claims

1. A method for running a software application on a computer without installation of the application thereon, under an operating system that provides a local database containing consistent configuration data to be accessed by programs running on the computer, which configuration data would normally include installation data generated during the installation of the application, the method comprising:

providing a file containing the installation data which are not stored in the local database; and

accessing the data in the file instead of accessing the local database so as to retrieve the installation data while running the application.