Patent ID: 7913247
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing software updates of a software product, the method comprising: receiving a list of a plurality of software products from a user, wherein the plurality of software products are supported by a plurality of vendors; determining a uniform resource locator (URL) of a download source for software update packages for each of the plurality of software products in the list, wherein the URL specifies a feed, wherein the feed is one of a resource description framework site summary feed and a rich site summary feed; storing the list of the plurality of software products in association with the URL for each of the plurality of software products in the list on a download server; responsive to receiving an update request, accessing, at the download server via the URL, a file of the feed specified in the URL, wherein the file of the feed is one of a resource description framework site summary file and a rich site summary file; determining whether a version number in the file indicates that an update for a software product in the list is available; and responsive to determining that the file specifies that an update for the software product in the list is available, downloading the file to the download server, wherein the download of the file is performed without any of the plurality of vendors sending the feed to the download server or the user.