Patent ID: 7472385
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a computer application upgrade package, comprising: (a) generating a property table that uniquely identifies a computer application upgrade and a group of applications related to the application upgrade; (b) generating a file-identifier list that identifies a plurality of files to be installed for the computer application upgrade; (c) generating a registry list that includes a plurality of registry keys and values to be stored for the computer application upgrade; (d) generating an upgrade table that indicates if installed versions of computer applications that are related to the computer application upgrade can coexist with the application upgrade, wherein applications that cannot coexist with the application upgrade are removed during the installation of the computer application upgrade; (e) generating an action list describing a method for installing the computer application upgrade; and (f) storing the property table, the file-identifier list, the registry list, the upgrade table and the action list.