Patent ID: 7765277

Claim:
A method to retrieve a resource for a data processing system, the method comprising: determining whether a first version of the resource on a remote server on a network is preferred over any version of the resource on a local storage device of the data processing system based on a first configuration parameter in a resource configuration file, wherein the resource configuration file controls the resource and includes the first configuration parameter indicating whether or not the first version of the resource is preferred over any version of the resource on the local storage device, and a second configuration parameter indicating an address of the remote server for the first version of the resource; determining whether the first version of the resource at the address indicated by the second configuration parameter is retrievable through a network connection if the first configuration parameter indicates that the first version of the resource is preferred; and downloading the first version of the resource from the remote server through the network connection if the first version of the resource is retrievable through the network connection.