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Install-run-remove mechanism

  • US 7,574,707 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2003
  • Issued: 08/11/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for maintaining a hierarchical network of superior and inferior computers comprising:

  • querying a first inferior computer, by the superior computer, to locate a second inferior computer in the network in which to install a first application and to execute the first application, wherein the superior computer does not act as an inferior computer;

    requesting the second inferior computer, by the superior computer, to install the first application and execute the first application;

    transferring one or more files to the second inferior computer;

    modifying the second inferior computer to install and execute the first application on the second inferior computer and recording the modifications, wherein modifying comprises allocating a resource to the first application;

    halting the first application on the second inferior computer;

    reversing a portion of the modifications to the second inferior computer according to the recorded modifications, wherein reversing comprises deallocating the resource from the first application; and

    re-modifying the second inferior computer to install and execute a second application on the second inferior computer and recording the re-modifications, wherein the re-modifying comprises allocating the resource to the second application.

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