Method, system, and program product for retrieving file processing software
First Claim
1. A method for encoding in a filename of a file, an address from which software required to process said file can be accessed, said method comprising:
- receiving for a file, an address from which software required to process said file can be accessed, the received address being instantiated in a first format;
encoding said received address, wherein the encoding includes converting said received address into an encoded address, the encoded address including a version of the received address and being instantiated in a second format, wherein the first format includes characters permitted for specifying a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and the second format forbids at least some of the characters permitted in the first format;
merging into a single filenamei) a primary filename of said file, the primary filename being instantiated in the second format, andii) the received address as encoded into the second format, wherein said primary filename and the encoded address are separated by at least one control character, wherein the single filename conforms to the second format; and
renaming said file with said single filename.
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Abstract
A system, method, and program product for accessing or retrieving on a computer network the required software to process a file is disclosed. It is determined, when accessing a file, whether or not software required to process this file is already installed on the user'"'"'s computing device, depending upon the type of the file. If the required software is not installed on the user'"'"'s device, the address of a server from which this software can be downloaded or accessed through the network is extracted and decoded from the filename of the accessed file. A browser or file transfer program is launched on the user'"'"'s computing device and a request for the required software package is sent from the user'"'"'s computing device to the server corresponding to the decoded address from which it is downloaded or accessed. The software is then unpacked, if necessary, and installed so as to process the accessed file.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for encoding in a filename of a file, an address from which software required to process said file can be accessed, said method comprising:
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receiving for a file, an address from which software required to process said file can be accessed, the received address being instantiated in a first format; encoding said received address, wherein the encoding includes converting said received address into an encoded address, the encoded address including a version of the received address and being instantiated in a second format, wherein the first format includes characters permitted for specifying a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and the second format forbids at least some of the characters permitted in the first format; merging into a single filename i) a primary filename of said file, the primary filename being instantiated in the second format, and ii) the received address as encoded into the second format, wherein said primary filename and the encoded address are separated by at least one control character, wherein the single filename conforms to the second format; and renaming said file with said single filename. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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