Patent ID: 9720671
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising; hosting multiple web-sites, including: an application web-site that relates to a software application that comprises application code from a producer, a customization web-site that relates to a customization of the software application that comprises customization code from a customizer, wherein installation of the customization code with the application code creates a customized application that has a different functionality than the software application, and a customer web-site that associates the software application and the customization with a unique identifier that is different than unique identifiers associated with other instances of the software application and other customizations to the software application, wherein the software application and the customization are associated with the unique identifier via a reference tool at the customer web-site, the reference tool also including locations of the software application and the customization and links to the software application and the customization; receiving a query reciting the unique identifier associated with the software application and the customization; responsive to the query, utilizing the unique identifier received with the query to locate the application code and the customization code; checking whether a computer that generated the query includes a download tool that is configured to automatically install the application code and the customization code as the customized application; and transferring the application code and the customization code to a recipient for automatic installation by the download tool, wherein the download tool is configured to modify the application code with the customization code to create the customized application prior to installation of the application code.