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Installing data with settings

  • US 7,499,989 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2005
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a computer system, a method of displaying information from a remote execution environment on a desktop display of a local computer, comprising:

  • displaying a first representation of the information from the remote execution environment in a window on a display screen, the first representation corresponding to a first location identifier and a first setting associated with the remote execution environment, the first location identifier identifying a first location from which the remote execution environment can be obtained by the local computer;

    receiving a user selection of the first representation, the user selection comprising the user dragging the first representation to a predefined location on the display screen separate from the window;

    when the user drops the dragged first representation in the predefined location, downloading a package defining the information from the remote execution environment from the identified first location;

    installing the package; and

    instantiating the package based on the first setting, wherein information associated with the first setting is updated and persisted at the predefined location on the display screen.

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