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Delta layering

US7827528B2 · kind B2 · utility

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58References

12Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Sattler · Wiesloch, DE
Joachim Gaffga · Wiesloch, DE
Werner Wolf · R. José Sebastião Soares, AT
Robert Viehmann · Philippsburg, DE
Frank Markert · Großostheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2006
Grant date	Nov 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/71
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present subject mater relates to configuration of software applications and, more particularly, delta layering of software application content. The various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to store a first application instance in a first layer and modify the first application instance, wherein the modifying includes a modification to one or more items of first application instance content. Some embodiments further store the first application instance modifications in a second layer, wherein the second layer can be deployed to a second application instance.

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