Method to install software via a network and network apparatus thereof
First Claim
1. A method to install software via a network, comprising:
- sending hardware information to a server;
receiving a list of executable software from the server, the list of software being retrieved based on the hardware information;
providing the received list of software to a user;
enabling the user to select software to be installed from the list of executable software; and
downloading the selected software to be installed from thr server and automatically installing the downloaded software on the hardware.
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Abstract
A network apparatus to install software via a network, where the network apparatus includes a software storage unit, a software retrieval unit, and a software installation unit. The software storage unit stores at least one software program. When information of a hardware is received via the network, the software retrieval unit retrieves the software executable on the hardware from the software storage unit based on the hardware information, and sends the list of the retrieved software to the hardware over the network. When at least one software program is selected from among the retrieved list of the software, the software installation unit extracts the selected software from the software storage unit, downloads the extracted software to the hardware, and automatically installs the downloaded software on the hardware.
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24 Claims
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1. A method to install software via a network, comprising:
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sending hardware information to a server;
receiving a list of executable software from the server, the list of software being retrieved based on the hardware information;
providing the received list of software to a user;
enabling the user to select software to be installed from the list of executable software; and
downloading the selected software to be installed from thr server and automatically installing the downloaded software on the hardware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method to install software by use of a networ, comprising:
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receiving hardware information from the hardware;
retrieving a list of executable software based on the recieved information;
sending the retrieved list of software to the hardware; and
downloading software selected by a user from the sent list of softwar, and automaticallyinstalling the downloaded software on the hardware. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A network apparatus, comprising:
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a software storage unit to store at least one software;
a software retrieval unit to retrieve executable software from the software storage unit based on hardware information received via a network, and to send a list of the retrieved software to the hardware over the network; and
a software installation unit to extract selected software from the software storage unit when at least one software is selected from the retrieved list of software, and to download the extracted software to the hardware and automatically install the downloaded software on the hardware. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to install software, comprising:
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sending hardware specification data to a server;
receiving a list of executable software from the server based on the hardware specification data;
selecting software to be installed from the list of executable software; and
downloading the selected software from the server and automatically installing the downloaded software. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method to install software via a network, comprising:
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receiving a list of executable software from a server based on hardware information of a computer system connected with the network, where the hardware information is identification information of the hardware of the computer system; and
downloading selected software from the server and automatically installing the downloaded software to the hardware of the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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