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AUTOMATIC UPDATING OF AN APPLICATION OR A DRIVER ON A CLIENT DEVICE USING A DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION FILE

  • US 20130139139A1
  • Filed: 11/28/2011
  • Published: 05/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for automatically updating an application or a driver on a client device, the method comprising:

  • facilitating obtaining at the client device at least one deployment configuration file from a configuration repository,wherein the at least one deployment configuration file includes a deployment entry corresponding to a package for updating an application or a driver, and the deployment entry includes identifiers for the package and for a version of the package;

    facilitating storing the at least one deployment configuration file in a location of a memory of the client device that is exempt from a write-filter restriction, wherein the write-filter restriction prohibits a file stored on the client device with the write-filter enabled from persisting across a reboot of the client device;

    for each of the at least one deployment configuration file, facilitating operations of;

    checking that a deployment entry of the at least one deployment configuration file corresponds to a package for updating an application or a driver that is installed on the client device, and that the deployment entry is identified with a version of the package that is higher than a version of the application or the driver that is installed on the client device; and

    updating on the client device the application or the driver corresponding to the deployment entry of the at least one deployment configuration file using the package, while the write-filter is disabled.

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