Patent ID: 7760746
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a software product comprising: locating one or more desired nodes from one or more configuration hierarchies of configuration nodes, the locating comprising considering one or more search attributes that are associated with one or more of the configuration nodes; and determining, using one or more computer systems, a configuration of a software product based on the one or more desired nodes from the one or more configuration hierarchies of configuration nodes; wherein the determining a configuration of a software product based on the one or more desired nodes from the one or more configuration hierarchies of configuration nodes comprises: wherein considering a node comprises adding configuration attributes and corresponding configuration attribute values to a configuration list of configuration attributes and corresponding attribute values such that the most recently added configuration attribute value for a corresponding configuration attribute supersedes previously added configuration attribute values for the corresponding configuration attribute.