Patent ID: 8051009
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining software at a third-party server system on behalf of an end-user at a client computer to facilitate subsequent reinstallations of the software on the client computer, the method comprising: receiving the software at the third-party server system, wherein the end-user has rights to the software; receiving configuration information for the software at the third-party server system from the end-user, the configuration information comprising information about a computing environment, including at least a directory designation for installation of the software at the client computer; storing the software and the configuration information at the third-party server system on behalf of the end-user; pre-configuring the software with the configuration information so that subsequent installations of the software on the client computer are pre-configured with the configuration information; receiving an update for the software at the third-party server; applying the update to the software on the third-party server; and pre-configuring the updated software with the configuration information prior to installing the updated software on the client computer.