SOLUTION FOR LOCALLY STAGED ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION USING SECURE REMOVABLE MEDIA
First Claim
1. A method, with an information processing system, for creating a Removable Installation Kit (“
- RIK”
) for locally staged electronic software distribution on an end-user system, the method comprising;
selecting at least one software package from a list of software packages on a software distribution server;
creating a set of data elements associated with an RIK to be created using the at least one software package that has been selected;
storing the set of data elements at the software distribution server;
storing a temporary copy of the at least one software package that has been selected; and
creating the RIK by placing the at least one software package that has been selected and a unique identifier associated with the RIK on at least one removable medium.
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Abstract
A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product, are provided for creating a Removable Installation Kit (“RIK”) for locally staged electronic software distribution on a user system. The method includes selecting at least one software package from a list of software packages on a software distribution server. A set of data elements is created that is associated with an RIK to be created using the at least one software package. The set of data elements is stored at the software distribution server. A temporary copy of the at least one software package that has been selected is stored. The RIK is created by placing at least the software package that has been selected and a unique identifier associated with the RIK on at least one removable storage medium.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, with an information processing system, for creating a Removable Installation Kit (“
- RIK”
) for locally staged electronic software distribution on an end-user system, the method comprising;selecting at least one software package from a list of software packages on a software distribution server; creating a set of data elements associated with an RIK to be created using the at least one software package that has been selected; storing the set of data elements at the software distribution server; storing a temporary copy of the at least one software package that has been selected; and creating the RIK by placing the at least one software package that has been selected and a unique identifier associated with the RIK on at least one removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- RIK”
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7. A method, with a software distribution server comprising an electronic software distribution environment for performing a locally staged software installation using a Removable Installation Kit (“
- RIK”
), the method comprising;receiving from a user system a request for installing at least one software package in an RIK; receiving from the user system a unique identifier associated with the RIK; presenting, in response to receiving the unique identifier, a set of candidate software packages to the user system; determining that the user system has initiated an installation operation; and loading, in response to the determining, a remote installation client onto user system - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- RIK”
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15. An information processing system for creating a Removable Installation Kit (“
- RIK”
) for locally staged electronic software distribution on a user system, the information processing system comprising;a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and an RIK creation module adapted to; select at least one software package from a list of software packages on a software distribution server; create a set of data elements associated with an RIK to be created using the at least one software package that has been selected; store the set of data elements at the software distribution server; store a temporary copy of the at least one software package that has been selected; and create the RIK by placing the at least one software package that has been selected and a unique identifier associated with the RIK on at least one removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- RIK”
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