Patent ID: 8850424
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an installation package, the installation package being executable to install a respective application onto a computing device; receiving a set of rules indicating at least one alteration to be applied to non-compiled configuration information in the received installation package to transform the received installation package into a customized installation package, the non-compiled configuration information specifying how to customize the respective application during installation, the at least one alteration specifying replacement of a first software resource with a second software resource; and modifying the received installation package in accordance with the set of rules to convert the received installation package into the customized installation package, the customized installation package executable to perform a custom installation of the respective application on the computing device on behalf of a user of the computing device; and forwarding the customized installation package for distribution to the computing device.