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Polymorphic package files to update software components

  • US 5,790,796 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1996
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for retrieving a computer program from a remote server computer to a client computer, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a predetermined request signal from the client to the server;

    providing a polymorphic master object from the server to the client, the polymorphic master object including a plurality of polymorphic descriptors of at least one computer program, the polymorphic master object having a predetermined structure that is independent of the type of said client;

    providing one of the polymorphic descriptors from the client to the remote server in response to a selection; and

    providing the computer program corresponding to the provided polymorphic descriptor from the server to the client.

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