System and method for efficient distribution of application services to a plurality of computing appliances organized as subnets

US6782527B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Metawork Corporation · US

Inventors

• Victor Kouznetsov · Portland, US
• Dan Melchione · Beaverton, US
• Martin Fallenstedt · Beaverton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of providing a set of desired application functions to a plurality of network-coupled computing appliances. A set of code resident on a network-connected application management server is identified that when executed in a network appliance provide the desired application functions. A first application management agent in a first of the network-coupled computing appliances and a second application management agent in a second of the network-coupled computing appliances are executed. The first application management agent repetitively checks for updates of the identified code. Updates of the identified code are downloaded from the application management server into the first network-coupled computing appliance as the updates become available. Updates of the identified code are downloaded from the first network-coupled computing device into the second network-coupled computing appliance.