Patent ID: 7770167

Claim:
A computer implemented method of installing a software application on multiple computing systems, said method comprising: installing said software application on a memory of a first computing system having a processor, said installing causing directories to be created in the memory of said first computing system and files to be placed in said directories; searching said directories and said files of said software application with the processor of the first computer system for a first reference to said first computing system; replacing with the processor said first reference with a generic reference; creating with the processor an installation template of said software application from said directories and said files of said software application; uploading from the first computing system said installation template to a memory of a second computing system via a network connection; processing with a processor of the second computer system said installation template to place said directories and said files for said software application in the memory of said second computing system; searching said directories and said files for said generic reference with the processor of the second computer; and replacing said generic reference with a second reference specific to said second computing system with the processor of the second computer.