Method for managing distributed applications and distributed application manager
US6263377A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and computer program product for managing distributed applications on a local computer system, and a distributed application manager are provided. The distributed Application manager running at a local computer system keeps a list of available distributed applications as well as a list of servers from which these distributed applications can be downloaded. The distributed application manager presents a selection screen to the user, containing a list of available distributed applications; and based on a user selection from the list, the distributed application manager searches for the distributed application on a path of servers and a path of directories in each server. When the distributed application manager finds the selected application, it downloads the application from the server, installs the selected application at the local computer system and invokes the application for the user.
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