Patent ID: 6633899
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of facilitating communication among a plurality of devices during an application installation process initiated by one of the plurality of devices, the method comprising:generating a broker that is to be shared by two or more of the plurality of devices during the application installation process, the broker being adapted for storing a plurality of status updates provided by the two or more devices and being capable of communicating the status updates to selected ones of the devices, each of the status updates including status information associated with the process, the two or more devices including a first device upon which one or more software components are installed during the process and a second device responsible for initiating the installation of the one or more software components on the first device; and at least one of receiving selected ones of the status updates regarding the application installation process from the broker and updating the broker with one of the status updates regarding the application installation process, wherein updating the broker is performed by the first device upon which one or more software components are installed during the process or the second device responsible for initiating the installation of the one or more software components on the first device.