APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INSTALL-LESS SOFTWARE FROM INSTALLATION PACKAGE OF SOFTWARE

• US 20090254890A1
• Filed: 04/01/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KANG, Sung-Joo, KIM, Won-Young, CHOI, Wonhyuk, CHOI, Wan
• Application Number:
  US12/416,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/136
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for completely converting software into a form that can be used without an installation process by using an operating system and a converted software generating module which are disposed at a remote place. The software converting system for generating a converted software executable without being installed from an installation package of the target software includes: a clean operating system without software installation information for the target software; an installation module for installing the target software in the clean operating system by executing the installation package; a converted software generating module for generating the converted software for the target software by comparing the clean operating system before and after the installation of the target software; and a system communication module for receiving the installation package and transmitting the generated converted software to the user terminal.

Claims

1. A system for converting a target software to generate a converted software executable without being installed from an installation package of the target software, comprising:

a clean operating system (OS) without software installation information for the target software;

an installation module for installing the target software in the clean operating system by executing the installation package;

a converted software generating module for generating the converted software for the target software by comparing the clean operating system before the installation of the target software with the clean operating system after the installation of the target software; and

a system communication module for receiving the installation package and transmitting the generated converted software to the user terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a terminal service server module for transmitting a working state of the installation module to the user terminal and receiving information or a command needed for the installation module to install the target software from the user terminal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system communication module receives the installation package stored in a storage medium read by a disc drive as the user terminal receives information on the disc drive and recognizes the disc drive.

4. The system of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the software installation information includes at least one consisting of file data, installation record and registry information of the target software, and a common module shared by the target software and another software.

5. The system of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

a virtual machine module and a clean operating system image,

wherein since the virtual machine module loads the clean operating system image, the software installation information is removed from an operating system to thereby turn the operating system into the clean operating system.

6. A user terminal for receiving a software conversion service from a software converting system, comprising:

a terminal communication module for transmitting an installation package of a target software to the software converting system so that the software converting system generates a converted software executable without being installed from the installation package of the target software and receiving the converted software from the software converting system.

7. The user terminal of claim 6, further comprising:

a terminal service client module for transmitting information or a command needed for the software converting system to install the target software to the software converting system and receiving a working state of the installation of the target software.

8. The user terminal of claim 6, further comprising:

a disc drive for reading a storage medium with the installation package stored therein,

wherein the terminal communication module transmits the installation package stored in the storage medium to the software converting system by transmitting information on the disc drive to the software converting system and making the software converting system recognize the disc drive.

9. A method for converting a target software to generate a converted software executable without being installed from an installation package of the target software, comprising:

receiving the installation package;

installing the target software in a clean operating system, which does not have software installation information for the target software, by executing the installation package;

generating a converted software for the target software by comparing the clean operating system before with the clean operating system after the installation; and

transmitting the generated converted software to a user terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing a terminal service, which includes;

transmitting a working state of the installation process to the user terminal; and

receiving information or a command needed to install the target software in the installation process from the user terminal.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said receiving the installation package includes:

receiving information on a disc drive mounted on the user terminal and recognizing the disc drive; and

receiving the installation package stored in a storage medium read by the disc drive.