Patent ID: 8234485
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method relating to rule-regulated configuration of software, the method comprising: receiving, by a recipient computer system, data characterizing an unsuccessful configuration that a sender computer system sends to the recipient computer system upon software being unsuccessfully configured in the sender computer system, the sender computer system being one of a plurality of computer systems configuring the software and being in communication with the recipient computer system, wherein validation rules that regulate screens presented to a user in a user interface for configuring the software allowed the unsuccessful configuration on the sender computer system, the validation rules causing a sequence of screens to be presented to the user, the sequence of screens including a first screen, a second screen displayed after the first screen, and a third screen displayed after the first screen and the second screen; modifying, in the recipient computer system, the validation rules using the unsuccessful configuration to either add a rule prohibiting the unsuccessful configuration or remove a rule allowing the unsuccessful configuration; and providing, by the recipient computer system, the modified validation rules to the sender computer system, wherein the modified validation rules regulate screens presented to the user in the user interface when subsequently configuring the software on the sender computer system, the modified validation rules preventing display of the second screen in the sequence while enabling display of the first screen and the third screen in the sequence, the modified validation rules being stored in a repository coupled to the recipient computer system and being available to each of the plurality of computer systems configuring the software.