Patent ID: 7774771
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a software package from a computer source; identifying one or more properties of the received software package; storing the identified one or more properties in a first storage module, wherein the identified one or more properties are displayed to a user in an interface; and storing the received software package in a second storage module; selecting by the user in the interface from the identified one or more properties to identifying a relationship between the received software package and an existing software package stored in the second storage module, wherein identifying the relationship comprises determining if the received software package is substantially similar to the existing software package stored in the second storage module as a function of a property of the received software package; and allowing the user in the interface to define the relationship between the received software package and the existing software package stored in the second storage module in response to receiving the software package from the computer source, wherein allowing the user in the interface to define the relationship comprises allowing the user to specify that the received software package is a new version of the existing software package stored in the second storage module, that the received software package overwrites the existing software package stored in the second storage module, or that the received software package is a new package distinct from the existing software package stored in the second storage module.