Patent ID: 7853943
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring for updates relating to software applications on a client system, the method including: receiving a unique identification communicated from the client system to a server system, the unique identification identifying the client system and used by the server system to access a database maintained by the server system to identify a plurality of software applications on the client system; transmitting a file from the server system, the file including commands for execution on the client system and pertaining to the plurality of software applications on the client system; and, in response to the client system's receiving the collected information from the client system; performing a comparison at the server system between the collected information and a most updated update package for the software applications to determine which files are needed to update the software application on the client system, wherein the most-updated update package for the software application is stored in a database, and transmitting at least one download file in response to the collected information, the at least one download file including a command to ask a user to install an application now or later.