Method for configuring an application
First Claim
1. A method for configuring an application having a server-side portion of the application installed on a server computer system having a non-transitory storage device and a client-side portion of the application which is to be installed and configured on a client computer system having a non-transitory memory, the method comprising:
- accessing, by the client computer system, a web server application assigned to the server-side portion of the application installed on the server computer system,generating a download page by the web server application, wherein the download page comprises configuration data to configure the client-side portion of the application to be installed on the client computer system;
loading the generated download page into a browser of the client computer system;
transferring the client-side portion of the application from the server computer system to the client computer system via the browser;
installing the client-side portion of the application on the client computer system via the browser, andconfiguring the client-side portion of the application by the client computer system after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system via the browser, the client computer system using the configuration data from the download page loaded into the browser of the client computer system to perform the configuring of the client-side portion of the application after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically configuring an application after downloading the same via a website such as an enterprise web application that is installed on a server in a customer network. A “one-touch configuration” method simplifies the initial configuration of the application to be installed, and makes manual entries after installation unnecessary. The method according to the invention is further applicable to obtaining applications from the Internet, wherein a customer has an account with a provider. The customer logs in using the customer login thereof at the website of the company. The company is aware of which applications the customer has purchased, by means of the customer account information, and can proved corresponding supplementary downloads, including a licensing key. The licensing key can then be transmitted to the installed application in a simple manner using the method presented.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for configuring an application having a server-side portion of the application installed on a server computer system having a non-transitory storage device and a client-side portion of the application which is to be installed and configured on a client computer system having a non-transitory memory, the method comprising:
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accessing, by the client computer system, a web server application assigned to the server-side portion of the application installed on the server computer system, generating a download page by the web server application, wherein the download page comprises configuration data to configure the client-side portion of the application to be installed on the client computer system; loading the generated download page into a browser of the client computer system; transferring the client-side portion of the application from the server computer system to the client computer system via the browser; installing the client-side portion of the application on the client computer system via the browser, and configuring the client-side portion of the application by the client computer system after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system via the browser, the client computer system using the configuration data from the download page loaded into the browser of the client computer system to perform the configuring of the client-side portion of the application after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 20)
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11. A method for configuring an application having a server-side portion of the application installed on a server computer system having a non-transitory storage device and a client-side portion of the application which is to be installed and configured on a client computer system having non-transitory memory, the method comprising:
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accessing, by the client computer system, a web server application assigned to the server-side portion of the application; generating a download page by the web server application, wherein the download page contains configuration data to configure the client-side portion of the application to be installed on the client computer system; loading the generated download page into a browser of the client computer system; transferring the client-side portion of the application from the server computer system via the browser; installing the client-side portion of the application as well as a configuration component on the client computer system; starting the configuration component installed on the client computer system; establishing a local client-server connection between the browser and the configuration component installed on the client computer system wherein the configuration component is set up as a server and the browser is set up as a client for the established local client-server connection; transmitting configuration data from the generated download page loaded in the browser to the configuration component installed on the client computer system via the local client-server connection; and configuring the client-side portion of the application installed on the client computer system by the configuration component installed on and being run by the client computer system using the configuration data from the generated download page the configuration component received from the browser. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system comprising:
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a server computer system having a non-transitory storage device; and a client computer system communicatively connectable to the server computer system, the client computer system having non-transitory storage memory; and wherein configuration data of a user associated with the client computer system is stored in the non-transitory storage device of the server; the client computer system configured to access a web server application of the server computer system; the server computer system configured to generate a download page by the web server application that contains the configuration data of the user, the client computer system configured to load the download page generated by the server computer system into a browser of the client computer system; the server computer system configured to transfer a client-side portion of an application from the server computer system via the browser; the client computer system configured to install the client-side portion of the application on the client computer system via the browser in response to the transfer of the client-side portion of the application from the server computer system; the client computer system configured to configure the client-side portion of the application after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system via the browser, the client computer system configured to use the configuration data from the download page loaded into the browser of the client computer system to perform the configuring of the client-side portion of the application after the client-side portion of the application is installed on the client computer system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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