Patent ID: 6549914
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system apparatus comprising:a storage device; means for generating a system descriptor record; means for assembling hardware in accordance with the system descriptor record, the storage device having a statistical file preload image including a list of files identified by file names and corresponding signatures; means for statistically analyzing a bandwidth requirement of computer readable files to be downloaded to a target computer during a software download portion of a computer manufacturing process; means for ordering the files into an ordered list of files as a function of the analyzed bandwidth requirements; means for selecting files from the ordered list of files for inclusion in the preload image as a function of a prescribed manufacturing criteria; a difference image downloaded to the storage device, the difference image being a function of the difference between an image of software in accordance with the system descriptor record and the preload image; and means for combining the difference image with the preload image according to recomposition instructions for installing a resultant image on the storage device of the system.