DYNAMIC ADDITION OF PRODUCTS AND REMOVAL OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS ON A DISTRIBUTION SERVER
First Claim
1. A method of adding a software product to a distribution server, comprising:
- identifying an external software product;
determining whether the distribution server contains the software product;
if the distribution server does not contain the software product, then adding the software product to the distribution server,wherein the determining whether the distribution server contains the software product includes reading an installation server database of the distribution server, the installation server database having an index of all added product databases.
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Abstract
A system and method for adding and/or removing a software product to a distribution server is provided. Upon identification that a software product desired is not indexed in the installation server database of the distribution server, then adding the software product to the distribution server. The distribution server maintains multiple products, every product components of the multiple products is indexed by the installation server database of the distribution server. Removal of a software product requires removal of the software product from the index maintained by the installation server database of the distribution server.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of adding a software product to a distribution server, comprising:
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identifying an external software product; determining whether the distribution server contains the software product; if the distribution server does not contain the software product, then adding the software product to the distribution server, wherein the determining whether the distribution server contains the software product includes reading an installation server database of the distribution server, the installation server database having an index of all added product databases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of removing a software product from a distribution server, comprising
identifying the software product to be removed; -
determining whether the distribution server contains the software product; if the distribution server does contain the software product, then removing the software product from the index of the installation server database of the distribution server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor, which when executed by the processor perform:
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identifying an external software product; determining whether the distribution server contains the software product; if the distribution server does not contain the software product, then adding the software product to the distribution server, wherein the determining whether the distribution server contains the software product includes reading an installation server database of the distribution server, the installation server database having an index of all added product databases.
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