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Method and apparatus for creating and deploying smaller Microsoft Windows applications for automatic configuration of a computing device

US6405309B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1999
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4401
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method including creating an executable program in accordance with a Windows Control Panel Language (CPL) format; storing the executable program in a first non-volatile memory; transferring the executable program from the first non-volatile memory to a second non-volatile memory; and, configuring an operating system to start-up the executable program after the operating system has completed booting.

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