Patent ID: 7512635

Claim:
A method of updating a computer system, the method comprising: receiving a first set of update information, the first set of update information having a size; requesting in a request additional update information responsive to at least the size of the first set of update information; updating the computer system responsive to at least the first set of update information received; receiving a second set of update information responsive to the request; and updating the computer system responsive to at least the second set of update information received; wherein a difference in times between a performance of each of the receiving the second set of update information and the updating the computer system responsive to at least the first set of update information is larger than at least one selected from: a difference in times between a performance of each of the receiving the first set of update information and the updating the computer system responsive to at least the first set of update information; or a difference in times between a performance of each of the receiving the second set of update information and the updating the computer system responsive to at least the second set of update information.