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Personalized installation files

US7877746B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

19References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Vringo, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ariel Yehoshua Kahan · Jerusalem, IL
Gideon Greenspan · Nes Ziona, IL
Akiba Asher Hofmann · Lod, IL
David G.M. Jacobson · Nahariah, IL
David Elliot Goldfarb · Stockholm, SE
Andrew Goldman · Bet Shemesh, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2007
Grant date	Jan 25, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/60
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes personalizing a software installation file. The personalizing includes providing the file with a unique identifier included as part of a file name associated with the file. Another method includes installing a software application from the personalized installation file, extracting the indication from the file name and using the indication to personalize the software application.

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