METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY LOCATING RESOURCES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor of a client device, a remote location from a plurality of locations from which to obtain a resource, the identifying based on preference criteria, and dynamically changing conditions, and wherein the preference criteria include configuration information including an address of the remote location for the resource stored on a client device;
transparently obtaining a later version of the resource from the identified location, wherein an earlier version of the resource is available for use at the client device even when the client device is disconnected from a network;
updating the configuration information based upon the obtained later version; and
updating the earlier version of the resource with the later version of the resource for use by a user of the client device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for dynamically locating resources. In one aspect of the invention, a method to retrieve a resource for a digital processing system includes; receiving a request for a resource; downloading a first version of the resource from a server through a network connection to satisfy the request if the first version of the resource is retrievable through the network connection; and loading a second version of the resource from a storage device of the digital processing system if the first version of the resource is not retrievable through a network connection. In one example, downloading the first version is performed in response to a determination that the first version of the resource is different from a second version of the resource on a storage device of the digital processing system.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor of a client device, a remote location from a plurality of locations from which to obtain a resource, the identifying based on preference criteria, and dynamically changing conditions, and wherein the preference criteria include configuration information including an address of the remote location for the resource stored on a client device; transparently obtaining a later version of the resource from the identified location, wherein an earlier version of the resource is available for use at the client device even when the client device is disconnected from a network; updating the configuration information based upon the obtained later version; and updating the earlier version of the resource with the later version of the resource for use by a user of the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions to cause a processing system to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a remote location from a plurality of locations from which to obtain a resource, the identifying based on preference criteria, and dynamically changing conditions, and wherein the preference criteria include configuration information including an address of the remote location for the resource stored on a client device; transparently obtaining a later version of the resource from the identified remote location, wherein an earlier version of the resource is available for use at the client device even when the client device is disconnected from a network; updating the configuration information based Upon the obtained later version; and updating the earlier version of the resource with the later version of the resource for use by a user of the client device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data processing system comprising:
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a memory; and a processing system configurable by instructions stored in the memory to; identify a remote location from a plurality of locations from which to obtain a resource, wherein the identification is based on preference criteria, and dynamically changing conditions, wherein the preference criteria include configuration information including an address of the remote location for the resource stored on a client device; transparently obtain a later version of the resource from the identified remote location, wherein an earlier version of the resource is available for use at the client device even when the client device is disconnected from a network; update the configuration information based upon the obtained later version; and update the earlier version of the resource with the later version of the resource for use by a user of the client device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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