Patent ID: 7716636
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing user access to a software development set including a plurality of software components, comprising: downloading, to a computing device, information identifying a plurality of software components contained in the software development set, the information being downloaded prior to completing downloading of the software development set; displaying, on a display of the computing device, a visual representation of the software development set as the software development set is being downloaded, in a first process, to the computing device over a network, including displaying, for each of the plurality of software components of the software development set identified by the information, a corresponding visual representation; receiving, during the downloading of the software development set, a user input of an item from the visual representation of the software development set specifying a selected software component from among the plurality of software components identified by the information as being contained in the software development set being downloaded; in response to the user input, downloading, in a second process, the selected software component, wherein the first process and the second process execute concurrently, and the second process has priority over the first process; and after the selected software component has been downloaded in the second process, executing, in response to user inputs, operations on the selected software component while continuing downloading, in the first process, of the software development set.