Patent ID: 6182279
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer program product for use with a computer system having a memory, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium for defining templated components, the medium further comprising:program code for defining a storage file;program code that loads a base component into the computer system memory and executes the base component;program code that builds at least one template, the template comprising modifications to the base component which modifications are made with the executing base component itself and are executable by an operating system operating on a computer system to customize the base component when executed with the template by the operating system, by examining modifications made to the executing base component by a user and separating the modifications from the base component;program code that formats the modifications into a template format suitable for storage; andprogram code for indexing the template within the storage file.