SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPORTING A CONFIGURED DATA SET INTO A TARGET SET
First Claim
1. A system implemented on a machine that effectuates installation of software, comprising:
- a component that utilizes transformation instructions to configure data elements or to effectuate installation of configured data elements into a target data set, the data elements include configurable data elements and non-configurable data elements that describe the configurable data elements.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for creating and describing a configurable data set, configuring the data set and merging a resulting configured data set into a target data set. One or more configurable data elements are stored in a configurable data set that forms part of a configurable merge module. The configurable merge module also includes metadata concerning the configurable data. The metadata describes the data elements and how they can be configured and how to implement changes to the configurable data. Each configurable data element can be presented to the configurable merge module consumer through a user interface. The configurable merge module consumer can thus make configuration choices. Also provided is a transformation engine for customizing the configurable data based on configurable merge module consumer choices and a merge engine for inserting configured data into a target data set.
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20 Claims
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1. A system implemented on a machine that effectuates installation of software, comprising:
a component that utilizes transformation instructions to configure data elements or to effectuate installation of configured data elements into a target data set, the data elements include configurable data elements and non-configurable data elements that describe the configurable data elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A machine implemented method that installs a configurable data set into a target data set, comprising:
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extracting transformation instructions from a configurable module;
replicating configurable and non-configurable data elements from the configuration module;
configuring the replicated data elements with the transformation instructions; and
installing the configured data elements into a the target data set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system that installs software, comprising:
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means for extracting data elements and transformation instructions from a configurable module; and
means for copying the data elements, utilizing the transformation instructions to configure the copied data elements, and incorporating the configured data elements into a target module associated with the software, where the data elements include configurable and non-configurable data elements. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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