Patent ID: 8479005

Claim:
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon an applet for causing a computer to execute a plurality of predetermined applet programs, the applet causes the computer to execute a process comprising: detecting alteration to deployment information based on identification information for detecting alteration to the deployment information, the deployment information defining respective locations of the plurality of predetermined applet programs by using at least one of a uniform resource locator (URL) of an applet program of an external server and a path of an applet program on a local disk of the computer; executing a start-up program to start a load program for loading the plurality of predetermined applet programs; and making the started load program load the plurality of predetermined applet programs based on the deployment information unless alteration is detected by the detecting, wherein one archive file includes the applet, the plurality of predetermined applet programs, and the deployment information, the applet of the archive file includes a package comprising the identification information, the load program, and the startup program as class files; and an electronic signature for certifying an origin of the archive file is attached to the archive file.