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Method of installing and configuring an application program within a computer system, and application program for facilitating the method
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1997-10-09
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Granted: 2000-04-18
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Expires: 2017-10-09
Abstract
Abstract A method of installing and configuring a computer program onto a computer system involves loading a default bundle of objects into the computer system along with configuration data of said objects, including attributes and inter-object relationships. Some of the default bundle of objects are model objects and these, along with their respective attributes and inter-object relationships, are sent to a systems administrator's display screen, where they may be altered. The model objects and the first-mentioned default bundle of objects are then merged together to form the bundle of image objects which represents a working version of the installed computer program.
Inventors
- 👤 Roy B Harrison
- 👤 Michael George Taylor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:32
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F8/00; G06F8/60; G06F8/61
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
A method of installing and configuring a computer program onto a computer system, comprising steps of: receiving an instruction to install the computer program within said computer system; and in response to said instruction to install the computer program, loading a default bundle of install objects of said computer program including attributes for each object and inter-object relationships within said computer system, said default bundle of install objects comprising necessary objects, attributes and inter-object relationships, to provide a working version of said computer program, wherein, also in response to said instruction to install the computer program within the computer system, a default bundle of model objects, which is a subset of said default bundle of install objects, along with default attribute values and inter-object relationships for said model objects, is displayed on a systems administrator's display screen; and after said default bundle of model objects is displayed on said display screen, a first command is received to accept the default bundle of model objects or a second command is received to modify the default bundle of model objects; and after one of said first or said second commands is received, said bundle of model objects is mergered with said bundle of install objects to provide a bundle of image objects representing an installed version of said computer program.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
218 words
A method of installing and configuring a computer program onto a computer system, comprising steps of: receiving an instruction to install the computer program within said computer system; and in response to said instruction to install the computer program, loading a default bundle of install objects of said computer program including attributes for each object and inter-object relationships within said computer system, said default bundle of install objects comprising necessary objects, attributes and inter-object relationships, to provide a working version of said computer program, wherein, also in response to said instruction to install the computer program within the computer system, a default bundle of model objects, which is a subset of said default bundle of install objects, along with default attribute values and inter-object relationships for said model objects, is displayed on a systems administrator's display screen; and after said default bundle of model objects is displayed on said display screen, a first command is received to accept the default bundle of model objects or a second command is received to modify the default bundle of model objects; and after one of said first or said second commands is received, said bundle of model objects is mergered with said bundle of install objects to provide a bundle of image objects representing an installed version of said computer program.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a plurality of said default bundles are loaded in response to said instruction to install the computer program.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
239 words
A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium, for use in installing an configuring said computer program product on a computer system, said product comprising respective software code portions for performing steps of: receiving an instruction to install the computer program within said computer system; and in response to said instruction to install the computer program, loading a default bundle of install objects of said computer program including attributes for each object and inter-object relationships within said computer system, said default bundle of install objects comprising necessary objects, attributes and inter-object relationships, to provide a working version of said computer program, wherein, also in response to said instruction to install the computer program within the computer system, a default bundle of model objects, which is a subset of said default bundle of install objects, along with default attribute values and inter-object relationships for said model objects, is displayed on a systems administrator's display screen; and after said default bundle of model objects is displayed on said display screen, a first command is received to accept the default bundle of model objects or a second command is received to modify the default bundle of model objects; and after one of said first or said second commands is received, said bundle of model objects is merged with said bundle of install objects to provide a bundle of image objects representing an installed version of said computer program product.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
239 words
A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium, for use in installing an configuring said computer program product on a computer system, said product comprising respective software code portions for performing steps of: receiving an instruction to install the computer program within said computer system; and in response to said instruction to install the computer program, loading a default bundle of install objects of said computer program including attributes for each object and inter-object relationships within said computer system, said default bundle of install objects comprising necessary objects, attributes and inter-object relationships, to provide a working version of said computer program, wherein, also in response to said instruction to install the computer program within the computer system, a default bundle of model objects, which is a subset of said default bundle of install objects, along with default attribute values and inter-object relationships for said model objects, is displayed on a systems administrator's display screen; and after said default bundle of model objects is displayed on said display screen, a first command is received to accept the default bundle of model objects or a second command is received to modify the default bundle of model objects; and after one of said first or said second commands is received, said bundle of model objects is merged with said bundle of install objects to provide a bundle of image objects representing an installed version of said computer program product.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The computer program product of claim 3 wherein a plurality of said default bundles are loaded in response to said instruction to install the computer program product.
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