Patent ID: 9430216
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: downloading, from a host computer, a self-contained executable to data storage of a client computer, the self-contained executable comprising a software update patch for updating pre-existing software on the client computer and an updater package associated with the software update patch, the updater package including at least one predetermined required computer state condition, wherein the self-contained executable has been authored at an authoring computer, prior to the downloading, after the software update patch is received by the authoring computer, by configuring the updater package in accordance with one or more attributes of the software update patch, and one or more required computer state conditions of the software update patch, and wherein, prior to the downloading, the authoring computer has sent, over a network, the self-contained executable to the host computer; executing, via a processor of the client computer, the self-contained executable, the executing comprising: