Patent ID: 6735601
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for accessing and executing an executable program via a computer, the program being stored in a provider system and including a plurality of separately executable program portions comprising computer instructions, the separately executable program portions being arranged according to a predetermined file structure, in which the program has a standard, unmodified form available for installation as a whole, the method comprising the following steps:generating from the unmodified form of the program in the provider system an installation image of the program, the image including, for each program portion, file structure information, as well as an installation indicator; in a user system, initially installing only the file structure information only when the installation indicator is in an on state; from the user system, issuing requests for access to selected ones of the separately executable program portions; separately transferring from the provider system and loading in the user system each selected executable program portions; upon transfer of each selected, separately executable program portion, executing that program portion in the user system, whereby the user executes the program in the user system without loading the entire executable program into the user system.