Patent · US Active

Common installer client

US8261258B1 · kind B1 · utility

51Cited by

33References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

Sorin Jianu · Seattle, US
Sundar Pichai · Sunnyvale, US
Jocelyn Lin · Mountain View, US
Ann Mei Chang · Mountain View, US
Othman Laraki · Palo Alto, US
Joerg Heilig · Los Altos, US
John Fu · Sunnyvale, US
Shankar Ganesh · Bellevue, US
Jian Li · Taichung, TW
Jesse Savage · Foster City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2005
Grant date	Sep 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

Systems and techniques to provide for software installation. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes receiving a manifest, the manifest including a reference to one or more applications to be installed, obtaining an installer associated with an application, and using the associated installer to install the application on a target system, the application and the associated installer not being provided in the manifest.

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