Request based automation of software installation, customization and activation
US6715144B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/61
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for request based installation, customization and activation of software products on a computer system by means of a setup infrastructure (20) for coordinating the process phases. A plurality of exploiter plug-ins (24) are provided, each assigned to a program product already installed in the computer system or a program product to be installed. The exploiter plug-ins are used by the setup infrastructure for indicating a program package description and program product description and for providing customization dialogs and support to instantiate and activate the program to be installed. Bind supporter plug-ins (23) are assigned to selected ones of the program products and used for supporting the binding procedure by providing bind services to the setup infrastructure. The supporter plug-ins are used by the exploiter plug-ins to establish binding to at least some of the program packages or products stored, where the binding parameters needed by the exploiter plug-ins are indicated to the supporter plug-ins by bind requests. Package adapter plug-ins are provided to provide data format information for enabling the setup infrastructure to ide…
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