Patent ID: 9690559
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a microprocessor, a request from a customer to obtain a downloadable pluggable service for a communication system of the customer, wherein the request identifies one or more versions of first and second sub-components and a plurality of individual users on first and second servers of the customer's communication system, and wherein the request identifies which of the plurality of the individual users on the first and second servers are included or excluded from using the one or more versions of the first and second sub-components; in response to receiving the request, preparing, by the microprocessor, the downloadable pluggable service, wherein preparing the downloadable pluggable service comprises obtaining the one or more versions of the first and second sub-components that are packaged into a single object, wherein the first sub-component comprises instructions for operating the first server of the customer's communication system, wherein the second sub-component comprises instructions for operating the second server of the customer's communication system, and wherein the downloadable pluggable service further comprises deployment instructions that provide instructions for installing the one or more versions of the first and second sub-components on the first and second servers of the customer's communication system, respectively; and transmitting, by the microprocessor, the single object to the customer.