Patent ID: 6145126
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A software installing apparatus for installing a server object to a computer platform and installing a client object which collaborates with the server object to at least one computer platform via a computer network, comprising:a server object storage for storing at least one server object;server identifier acquiring means for acquiring a server identifier of a computer on which a selected server object will be installed and operated;a client object storage for storing at least one client object including a server identifier storage for storing the identifier acquired by the server identifier acquiring means;a server identifier storing means for storing the server identifier acquired by the server identifier acquiring means into the server identifier storage included in the client object corresponding to the operating server object; andobject transmitting means for transmitting the selected server object to the computer on which the server object will be installed in response to a request from the computer to be a server computer and transmitting the selected client object to the computer on which the client object will be installed in response to a request from the computer to be a client computer.