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Software update manager

  • US 6,282,709 B1
  • Filed: 11/12/1997
  • Issued: 08/28/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a computer system containing stored software programs, a method for checking the software programs comprising:

  • accessing a software component definition file including, for at least one software program on the computer system, (a) an identifier of the at least one software program and (b) a server address for a server containing possible updates for a component of the at least one software program;

    selecting via a user input a program from the component definition file;

    downloading a file from a remote server at the server address, the file comprising a list of software components corresponding to the selected program;

    selecting at least a first software component from the list of software components from the downloaded file; and

    checking the selected first software component to determine whether said first software component is stored on the computer system, said checking comprising at least one of;

    comparing file size, time and date stamp of said first software component and a corresponding software component stored on the computer system, comparing a specified string in said first software component with the specified string in a corresponding software component stored on the computer system; and

    comparing a version resource contained in said first software component with the version resource of a corresponding software component stored on the computer system; and

    updating the selected program, substantially independent of an execution of the selected program, based on a result of the checking.

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