Method and apparatus for hierarchical software distribution packages including composite packages
US6938075B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A software distribution system for software bundles comprising a plurality of packages, at least two of which are required by a different set of nodes on a network. Rather than send all of the packages constituting the software bundle to each node, only the packages in the software bundle which are required by nodes below a certain link in the network are sent along that link, whereby to minimize the bandwidth required for transmitting the software bundle.
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