Patent · US Expired

Hosted machine code installation

US5966540A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateJul 23, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/61
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is described a method and system for installing a JAVA application on to a computer system. The method comprises the steps of: determining the particular operating system of the computer system; selecting installation commands (such as editing registry files, creating program groups and folders) corresponding to the determined operating system from a plurality of operating system dependent installation commands; and executing the selected installation commands corresponding to the particular operating system to fully integrate the application onto the operating system.

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