Patent ID: 6286138
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Computer readable code stored on computer-readable media for permitting updating of client applications in a computing environment, comprising:first subprocesses for determining whether a client application needs to be updated by using a cookie to compare a current application level of the client application with a preferred application level to determine if the current application level needs updating, wherein the client application is a Java application which includes a parsing function;second subprocesses for downloading a bit string to the client application containing instructions for reconfiguring the client application if it is determined by said first subprocesses that the client application needs to be updated, wherein the client application comprises a plurality of configurable objects that may be activated by instructions contained in the bit string and each position in the bit string corresponds to one of the configurable objects; andthird subprocesses for parsing the bit string and reconfiguring the client application based on instructions contained in the bit string.