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Method for identifying and obtaining computer software from a network computer using a tag

  • US 6,256,668 B1
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a local computer with a network browser in communication with a remote server computer over a computer network, a method of installing software on the local computer, the method comprising:

  • during browsing of a hypertext document with the network browser, encountering with the network browser at the local computer a hypertext tag indicative of a software program resident on the server computer to be automatically installed at the local computer, wherein the hypertext tag resides in the hypertext document;

    responsive to encountering the hypertext tag in the hypertext document, automatically downloading from the server computer an executable file for installing the software program; and

    executing the executable file at the client computer to install the software program at the client computer.

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