Patent ID: 8375381
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an application execution environment, the method comprising: identifying different versions of the application execution environment installed on a computer; presenting a user interface configured to manage the different versions of the application execution environment, wherein the user interface includes an option to selectively uninstall one or more of the different versions of the application execution environment; managing the different versions of the application execution environment on the computer as a single runtime environment program having the different versions bundled therein, based on input received via the user interface; and discovering an available update applicable to an earlier one of the different versions, but not applicable to a later one of the different versions of the application execution environment installed on the computer; wherein the user interface includes an option to apply the available update to the earlier one of the different versions, and the managing comprises applying the available update to the earlier one of the different versions of the application execution environment based on the input received via the user interface.