Patent ID: 6123737
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for deploying a software package on at least one client computer over a communications interface, said method comprising the steps of:receiving a trigger at a server computer, wherein the trigger is a message that is received in response to a preprogrammed event;in response to receiving the trigger, generating within the server computer a notification package;sending the notification package over the communications interface to the at least one client computer;recognizing the notification package by means of a notification transport located within the at least one client computer;determining at the client computer whether the communications interface comprises the Internet;in response to a determination that the communications interface comprises the Internet, automatically retrieving at the client computer the software package from the server computer by means of an Internet module;in response to a determination that the communications interface does not comprise the Internet, automatically retrieving at the client computer the software package from the server computer by means of a universal naming convention (UNC) push/pull module; anddeploying the software package on the client computer.