Patent ID: 8122101

Claim:
A method for distributing software from a first system to a second system, comprising: determining, by a processor of the first system, a software object to be transported; storing the software object in a storage device accessible by the first system and the second system; creating, on by the processor of the first system, a transport request for the software object; defining, on by the processor of the first system, a transport container storing a reference to the stored software object in the storage device; including, by the processor of the first system, the transport container in the transport request; providing the transport request to the second system; copying for the second system to retrieve the stored software object and a data file related to the software object from the storage device to the second system based on the reference, wherein the stored software object is combined with the data file on the second system to form an updated software object; and changing the reference to the stored software object to refer to the updated software object on the second system.