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Application execution method and system therefor

  • US 5,903,762 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1997
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An application execution method in a system for distributing an application program to a client computer from a server computer via a transmission line and executing said program by said client computer, comprising:

  • the process by said client computer comprising;

    a step of sending to said server computer a down load request of at least one file among files stored in a file system of said server computer and receiving a down load of said request file from said server computer;

    a step of deciding said down-loaded file;

    a step of analyzing said down-loaded request when said down-loaded file agrees with said request file as a result of said decision;

    a step of deciding an execution file of an application to be started which is described in said request file on the basis of said analyzed result; and

    a step of notifying a distribution request for said execution file of said application to said server computer;

    the process by said server computer comprising;

    a step of deciding a command relating to said distribution request received from said client computer;

    a step of deciding whether said application whose distribution is requested is licensed in said client computer or not; and

    a step of setting up said application in said client computer when said application is licensed as a result of said decision.

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