Install plan object for network installation of application programs
First Claim
1. A method for building an installation plan object for installing an application in a network of computers comprising the steps of:
- creating an installation plan object from a template of a prototypical installation plan object;
from a workspace container object containing potential child objects of the installation plan object, selecting objects for inclusion in the installation plan object, wherein the selected object include an application object and a group object which respectively represent an application to be installed over the network and a group of workstations upon which the application is to be installed; and
transforming the selected objects into child objects of the installation plan object.
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Abstract
An installation plan object is built for installing an application in a network. The empty installation plan object is first created from a template of a prototypical installation plan object. Next, from a workspace container object containing potential child objects of the installation plan object, objects are selected for inclusion in the installation plan object. The selected objects are transformed into child objects of the installation plan object. The objects which are selected to populate an install plan object include an application object and a group object which respectively represent an application to be installed over the network and a group of workstations upon which the application is to be installed. After transformation, these objects are converted into an application-in-plan object and a group-in-plan object respectively. Other potential child objects include a category object having a plurality of response file objects each for installing a respective one of a plurality of applications over the network.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for building an installation plan object for installing an application in a network of computers comprising the steps of:
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creating an installation plan object from a template of a prototypical installation plan object; from a workspace container object containing potential child objects of the installation plan object, selecting objects for inclusion in the installation plan object, wherein the selected object include an application object and a group object which respectively represent an application to be installed over the network and a group of workstations upon which the application is to be installed; and transforming the selected objects into child objects of the installation plan object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system including memory and processor for building an installation plan object for installing an application in a network of computers comprising:
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a template of a prototypical installation plan object stored in the memory for creating an empty installation plan object; a workspace container object containing potential child objects for selection for inclusion in the installation plan object, wherein the potential child objects include application objects which represent applications to be installed over the network and group objects which represent a group of workstations upon which application may be installed; and means for transforming the selected objects into child objects of the empty installation plan object to create a valid installation plan object. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product in a computer readable memory for building an installation plan object, the installation plan object for installing an application in a network of computers comprising:
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a template of a prototypical installation plan object; means for creating an empty installation plan object from the template of a prototypical installation plan object; a workspace container object containing potential child objects of the installation plan object, wherein the potential child objects include application objects which represent application to be installed over the network;
means for creating a group object which represents a group of computers in the network upon which the application may be installed;means for selecting objects for inclusion in the installation plan object; and means for transforming the selected objects into child objects of the installation plan object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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