Patent ID: 8607226

Claim:
A method for creating a Removable Installation Kit (“RIK”) for locally staged electronic software distribution on a user system, the method comprising the steps of: an administrator server computer selecting a software package from a list of software packages on a software distribution server computer, wherein the software distribution server computer and the administrator server computer are communicatively coupled to each other via a network; after the step of the administrator server computer selecting the software package, the administrator server computer specifying a unique identifier of the RIK and transmitting the unique identifier of the RIK to the software distribution server computer; the software distribution server computer generating a mapping of the software package to a computer readable removable storage device; after the step of the administrator server computer transmitting the unique identifier of the RIK to the software distribution server computer, the administrator server computer receiving from the software distribution server computer (i) the software package and (ii) RIK data comprising the mapping, the unique identifier of the RIK, an encryption key, a decryption key for decrypting data encrypted using the encryption key, and a size of the computer readable removable storage device; the administrator server computer encrypting, using the encryption key, each source directory associated with the software package; and the administrator server computer creating the RIK by copying to the computer readable removable storage device: the software package and the unique identifier of the RIK.