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Bundle administration and management

US10198253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2015
Grant dateFeb 5, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 29, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/62
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of bundle administration and management are described. The use of bundles, as described herein, may be relied upon to assist users with the installation of applications associated with artifacts. In one embodiment, a bundle includes both a manifest and an artifact. A computing device may open the bundle and parse the manifest to identify an application for the artifact. The computing device may evaluate a status of a qualification to the application and if the status meets the qualification, then install the application. Thus, with the combination of the manifest and the artifact in the bundle, it is not necessary that a user search for and identify an application associated with the artifact (e.g., a data or content file), because the computing device may reference the manifest to ascertain the application and, based upon one or more qualifications, for example, install the application automatically for the user.

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