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Method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system

  • US 6,327,706 B1
  • Filed: 04/08/1999
  • Issued: 12/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system, comprising the steps of:

  • reading a plurality of component descriptors from a computer readable file, each component descriptor describing a respective component of the computer system;

    reading a plurality of steps from a database, each step being associated with a component descriptor and including a respective sequence number;

    sequencing the plurality of steps in a predetermined order according to the sequence numbers to provide a step sequence including commands for installing software on and/or testing the computer system;

    determining for each step read from the database, from data associated with that step in the database, if that step is incompatible with the presence in the computer system of a component other than that corresponding to the component descriptor associated with the step; and

    if so discarding the step or not according to further data associated with that step in the database.

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