Patent ID: 7111055
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to facilitate automated software installation on a remote computer over the Internet, comprising: creating an archive, wherein creating the archive involves: storing the archive at the site on the Internet accessible using the archive locator; initializing the remote computer with the custom operating system, wherein the custom operating system allows access to the remote computer over the Internet, wherein the custom operating system determines the location of the archive, downloads the archive, installs the archived software and restarts the remote computer; providing the archive locator to the remote computer, wherein the archive locator is one of, a uniform resource locator (URL) and a proprietary resource locator; requesting the archive from a site specified by the archive locator, wherein the archive includes the operating system and desired software packages pre-configured for the remote computer; upon receiving an authorized request for the archive from the remote computer, downloading the archive to the remote computer from the site specified by the archive locator; and re-initializing the remote computer with the operating system and software packages in the archive.