Patent ID: 7526762
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a configuration upgrade message at a configuration server from a source of an at least partial software upgrade; saving upgrade information in a database associated with the configuration server; identifying a plurality of users requiring at least partial software upgrade; thereafter providing the at least partial software upgrade to respective terminal servers associated with the plurality of users identified to require the at least partial software upgrade for subsequent distribution by the terminal servers to respective terminals of users identified to require the at least partial software upgrade; identifying any terminal servers, following the provision of the at least partial software upgrade to which the at least partial software upgrade has not yet been transferred; and determining, in response to activation of a terminal associated with a terminal server, if the terminal server has been identified as a terminal server to which the at least partial software upgrade has not yet been transferred and, if so, providing the at least partial software upgrade to the terminal server.