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Software install program product, installation method, and software install system

  • US 7,805,722 B2
  • Filed: 09/08/2004
  • Issued: 09/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tangible software install program product for installing a software program recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium into a computer that is separate from the computer-readable recording medium, the program product causing the computer to execute:

  • acquiring version information of an operating system used with the computer;

    acquiring, from the recording medium, compatible operating system information of the software program stored in the recording medium;

    determining whether or not the operating system is a compatible operating system corresponding to the compatible operating system information based on the compatible operating system information and the version information;

    if determined that the operating system is a compatible operating system, then determining that the software program can be installed in the computer;

    if determined, from the compatible operating system information acquired from the recording medium, that the operating system is not a compatible operating system, then;

    acquiring location information stored in the recording medium;

    accessing a database server on a network based on the location information;

    acquiring additional compatible operating system information stored in the database server; and

    determining whether or not the software program stored in the recording medium can be installed in the computer based on the additional compatible operating system information; and

    installing the software program stored in the recording medium into the computer if determined that the software program can be installed in the computer.

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