Patent ID: 7962896
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing an automatically configurable software program to a user, comprising: transmitting the configurable software program to the user's computer; obtaining software configuration information from the user via a browser on the user's computer, the configuration information being unique to the user and being associated with the configurable software program; generating a custom webpage containing the configuration information obtained from the user and transmitting the generated custom webpage to the user's computer; and providing an automatic configuration program as a part of the configurable software program transmitted to the user's computer, the automatic configuration program being capable of running on the user's computer, iterating through open windows on the user's computer to find the generated custom webpage, obtaining the configuration information from the generated custom webpage, and configuring the configurable software program using the configuration information obtained from the generated custom webpage.