Patent · US Expired

Software delivery manager

US7856631B2 · kind B2 · utility

31Cited by

16References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brodkorb · Wiesloch, DE
Christian Gabrisch · Karlsruhe, DE
Ralf Belger · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2002
Grant date	Dec 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/61
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving and processing a software delivery archive to deploy software to a target computer system, in particular to deploy software into a J2EE server. The software delivery archive can be implemented as a JAR-compatible archive that includes a supplementary manifest and a deployment descriptor, in addition to a standard JAR manifest and software to be deployed. The software delivery archive can optionally also include a nested software delivery archive have the same structure and functionality.

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