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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SOFTWARE USING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP

  • US 20110231838A1
  • Filed: 05/26/2011
  • Published: 09/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for installing software on a computing device comprising:

  • receiving, at a service provider, a first software installation request to install a first software functionality;

    accessing a software installation map comprising;

    a plurality of software elements representing a plurality of software files, a subset of the plurality of software elements associated with the first software functionality;

    a plurality of dependency pointers identifying functional dependencies between the plurality of software files;

    determining at least one installation route for installing the first software functionality, the at least one installation route identifying the subset of the plurality of software elements; and

    providing the installation route to a computing device.

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