System and method for installing program

• US 8,898,661 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 11/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Das, Chameli
• Application Number:
  US13/418,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20130167142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/51 at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A system capable of installing programs includes a plurality of personal computers (PCs) communicating with a network server. Each of the PCs includes a setup transmitting module, a host identification code replacing module, and a program installing module. The setup transmitting module downloads an installation package of a program from the network server to the PC. The installation package includes a linking relationship between an identification code of the program and a host identification code of a first PC which firstly installs the program thereinto, the linking relationship is used for determining if a PC is authorized to install the program thereinto. The host identification code replacing module obtain an identification code of the PC, and replaces the identification code of the PC with the identification code of the first PC, so as to enable the PC is authorized to install the program thereinto. A related method is also provided.

Claims

1. A system capable of installing program comprising:

a plurality of personal computers (PCs) for communicating with a network server, wherein each of the PCs comprises;

a program storage module configured to store setups of various programs, each of which has an identification code associated therewith;

a linking setting module configured to obtain the identification code of a program and an identification code of a PC which firstly installs the program among the PCs, and establish a first linking relationship between the identification code of the program and the identification code of the PC, the first linking relationship configured for determining if a PC of the PCs is authorized to install the program thereinto;

a relationship setting module configured to preset a second relationship between user information and user authorization for installing the program;

a storage module configured to store the first linking relationship and the second relationship;

a setup transmitting module configured to package the first linking relationship and the second relationship into an installation package including a relationship between user information and user authorization, and upload the installation package to the network server via the network, wherein the setup transmitting module being comprised in the PC which firstly installs the program among the PCs, or in any other PC of the PCs; and

a relationship setting module configured to determine a user'"'"'s authorization status for installing the program into the PC according to the user information of the user of the PC and the second relationship in the installation package, the program installing module installs the program into the PC when the user is determined to be an authorized user.

2. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 1, wherein the identification code of the program comprises a version number and a serial number.

3. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 1, wherein the identification code of the PC comprises a main board serial number.

4. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 1, wherein the user information comprises a number of user names registered in the PC, and the user authorization includes a preset authorization status of each registered user to install the program.

5. A system capable of installing a program, comprising:

a plurality of personal computers (PCs) for communicating with a network server, the network server storing an installation package of a program, the installation package including a relationship between user information and user authorization, the installation package comprising a linking relationship between an identification code of the program and a host identification code of a first one of the PCs which firstly installs the program among the PCs, the linking relationship configured for determining if a PC is authorized to install the program thereinto, the PC comprising;

a setup transmitting module configured to download the installation package of the program from the network server to the PC;

a host identification code replacing module configured to obtain an identification code of the PC, and replace the identification code of the PC with the identification code of the first one of the PCs which firstly installs the program among the PCs, so as to enable the PC is authorized to install the program thereinto; and

a program installing module configured to install the program of the installation package into the PC; and

a relationship setting module configured to determine a user'"'"'s authorization status for installing the program into the PC according to the user information of the user of the PC and the second relationship in the installation package, the program installing module installs the program into the PC when the user is determined to be an authorized user.

6. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 5, wherein the identification code of the program comprises a version number and a serial number.

7. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 5, wherein the identification code of the PC comprises a main board serial number.

8. The system capable of installing program as recited in claim 5, wherein the user information comprises a number of user names registered in the PC, and the user authorization includes a preset authorization status of each registered user to install the program.

9. A method of installing program applied in a system capable of installing a program, wherein the system comprises a first PC and a second PC communicating with a network server, the method comprising:

downloading an installation package from the network server to the second PC, the installation package having been uploaded by the first PC, the installation package comprising a first linking relationship between an identification code of the program and a host identification code of the first PC, which firstly installs the program among the PCs, and a second relationship between user information and user authorization;

determining whether the user of the second PC is an authorized user to install the installation package of the program into the second PC according to the user information of the user of the second PC and the second relationship in the installation package;

obtaining the host identification code of the second PC and replacing the host identification code of the second PC with that host identification code of the first PC if the user of the second PC is determined to be an authorized user; and

installing the program into the second PC.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the identification code of the program comprises a version number and a serial number, the host identification code of each of the first PC and the second PC comprises a main board serial number.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the user information comprises a number of user names registered in the first PC and the second PC, and the user authorization includes a preset authorization status of each registered user to install the program.