SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND UPDATING A UNIFIED CLIENT
First Claim
1. A method for more efficiently managing installation of a plurality of application plug-ins for a client device, the method comprising:
- (a) executing, by a client device upon startup a receiver application, the receiver application manages installation of application plug-ins for a user of the client device;
(b) receiving, by the receiver application from an update server, a delivery of application plug-ins to install on the client device;
(c) installing automatically, by the receiver application upon receipt of the delivery, each of the application plug-ins on the client device transparently to the user of the client device; and
(d) automatically starting, by the receiver application, each of the application plug-ins.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for more efficiently managing installation of a plurality of application plug-ins for a client device. A client device executes, upon startup, a receiver application. The receiver application may manage installations of application plug-ins for a user of the client device. The receiver application may receive from an update server a delivery of application plug-ins to install on the client device. Upon receipt of the delivery, the receiver application may automatically install each of the application plug-ins on the client device transparently to the user of the client device. The receiver application may automatically start each of the application plug-ins.
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1. A method for more efficiently managing installation of a plurality of application plug-ins for a client device, the method comprising:
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(a) executing, by a client device upon startup a receiver application, the receiver application manages installation of application plug-ins for a user of the client device; (b) receiving, by the receiver application from an update server, a delivery of application plug-ins to install on the client device; (c) installing automatically, by the receiver application upon receipt of the delivery, each of the application plug-ins on the client device transparently to the user of the client device; and (d) automatically starting, by the receiver application, each of the application plug-ins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for automatically delivering a plurality of application plug-ins to a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
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(a) creating, via an update server executing on a device, a delivery of a plurality of application plug-ins; (b) identifying, via the update server, a location of a server for one or more of the plurality of the application plug-ins of the delivery; (c) identifying, via the update server, a list of users to receive the delivery; and (d) specifying, via the update server, a schedule of a date and time the delivery is to be available for transmission to the list of users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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