Patent ID: 8245223

Claim:
A method for providing a multi-application customization to a user node of a computer network, the method comprising the steps of: a user node receiving a single-action user request to run a multi-application customization, the multi-application customization including interdependent customizations of multiple applications, the interdependent customizations when installed forming a single solution when viewed from an end-user perspective; the user node receiving, from a remote node of the computer network, in response to the single-action user request, a first customization of the multi-application customization which extends a first application previously installed on the user node; the user node also receiving, from the same or another remote node, in response to the same single-action user request, a second customization of the multi-application customization which extends a second application previously installed on the user node; and the user node running the previously installed applications at the user node with the respective customizations of the multi-application customization.