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7624391 Device-based model for software driver delivery and upgrade  
A method and apparatus for facilitating the upgrade of device drivers for computer peripheral devices includes detecting a version of the device driver in use by the computer from data sent by the...
7620936 Schema-oriented content management system  
A schema-oriented content management system, in particular to an apparatus and a method for storing and accessing data in a content management system which allows content schema evolution while...
7620743 System and method for implementing multiple instantiated configurable peripherals in a circuit design  
A reusable software block is adapted to control multiple instantiations of a peripheral device within a system. A device hardware abstraction layer defines offset values for registers of the...
7614055 Selecting a processor to run an executable of a distributed software application upon startup of the distributed software application  
An apparatus in one example comprises a manager component for a distributed software application that based on one or more of a characteristic of an executable of the distributed software...
7614047 Change indication for a service offering  
Illustrative embodiments provide a computer-implemented method for indicating a change in a service offering. The computer-implemented method generates a token representative of a state of the...
7614046 Method and system for analyzing the impact of a software update  
A method and system for analyzing the impact on software of an update to a software system is provided. The impact analysis system identifies resources that are affected by an update to the...
7610582 Managing a computer system with blades  
Managing a computer system having a plurality of blades by detecting the presence of a new blade in the computer system; installing an operating system on the new blade; configuring the operation...
7610316 Extensible architecture for versioning APIs  
Some large software development projects need more than one versioning system to accommodate not only a diversity of document formats and data types, but also the geographic diversity of its...
7603669 Upgrade and downgrade of data resource components  
Techniques for upgrading and/or downgrading a data resource deployed on a machine from one version to another version are provided. An application component that defines the data resource may...
7603668 Determining the applicability of patches for installation on a computer system  
A system and/or method determines applicability of patches for installation on a computer system. The method includes determining whether a set of patches is stored in memory of a computer system...
7600224 Information processing apparatus including storage  
The present invention relates to an information apparatus and method suitable for use in upgrading control programs readily by a user. In step S 501 , a storage area to store an upgraded firmware...
7600219 Method and system to monitor software interface updates and assess backward compatibility  
A system and method for monitoring updates to the interface portion of a software library or repository. An embodiment of the invention determines whether detected changes made to the software...
7600005 Method and apparatus for provisioning heterogeneous operating systems onto heterogeneous hardware systems  
A method for provisioning a plurality of heterogeneous operating systems on a plurality of target hosts that includes for each of the plurality of target hosts, obtaining a type of operating system...
7596720 Application health checks  
Techniques for determining a complete address of a test point of an application from a relative address of the test point and a configuration of a system are provided. An application component that...
7596615 Multi-server automated redundant service configuration  
Automated redundant configuration of a computer service can be accomplished in a variety of ways. An installation answer can be received and used to automatically determine configuration settings...
7593958 Versions and workspaces in an object repository  
Maintaining versions and workspaces in an object repository is disclosed. The system provides an efficient way to manage versions of objects by only copying objects when absolutely necessary, i.e....
7590835 Dynamically updating a computer system firmware image  
Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media for customizing a computer system firmware image utilizing a firmware configuration data structure. At least one firmware configuration data...
7587433 Method and system for in-place updating content stored in a storage device  
Method and system for updating a stored version of content stored in a storage device using an update package. The update package that includes update commands is adapted for updating an original...
7584382 Method and system for troubleshooting a misconfiguration of a computer system based on configurations of other computer systems  
A method and system for identifying a configuration parameter of a “sick” computer system that is at fault for causing an undesired behavior based on analysis of configuration parameters from...
7584195 Decomposing installation of distributed services  
Communicating with a distributed service in the network computing environment. A method for communicating with a distributed service includes referencing a configuration registry to determine...
7581207 Method of configuring managed entities in a communications network using configuration templates  
The advantages are derived from a cost-reduced managed entity configuration of various communications network equipment having diverse makes, models, and software releases. Expertise of highly...
7577949 Installation source management  
Described herein are one or more implementations for facilitating the installation and/or maintenance of software products from a cached software-installation source. With at least one...
7577829 System and method for maintaining multiple information handling system configuration images  
Plural information handling system configuration setting restore points stored in non-volatile memory are selectable by an end user for use in booting an information handling system. For example,...
7574481 Method and system for enabling offline detection of software updates  
A method and system that facilitates automatic software updates from an online source such as the Internet, wherein a connection to determine whether an update (e.g., a driver or software...
7568195 Determining a maximal set of dependent software updates valid for installation  
Described is a system and method by which a collection of software packages for installing (e.g., on an embedded computing device) are reviewed for their dependent relations, whereby it is possible...
7565676 Portable device for receiving media content  
A portable device ( 200, 210 ) comprises a power source ( 70 ) and a processing system ( 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 ) for processing media content received from a service provider ( 100 ) via a delivery...
7565649 Data reproduction device, video display apparatus and software update system and software update method which use them  
An MPEG decoder IC in a DVD reproduction apparatus decodes update software read from a CD-ROM, and a transmission signal conversion IC transmits the decoded update software to a television receiver...
7565519 System and method for automatically upgrading/reverting configurations across a plurality of product release lines  
A system and method for automatically upgrading/reverting of the software configurations in a storage system environment among a plurality of product release lines. A configuration upgrade/revert...
7562358 Controlled deployment of software in a web-based architecture  
The present invention includes systems and methods for the controlled deployment of software in a web-based environment where multiple versions of a single application are supported to provide...
7562357 Relational database schema version management  
Techniques for managing multiple versions of relational database schema data are described. Schema data associated with multiple versions of a relational database are maintained according to a...
7562356 Automatically resolving patch dependencies for a path bundle  
A method for automatically resolving patch dependencies for a patch bundle is disclosed. The method includes recursively performing steps a) through b) until there are no more required dependencies...
7562208 Method and system to quarantine system software and configuration  
The present invention provides a system and method to quarantine in the storage operating system and configuration information in which the storage operating system is stored in a designated...
7555752 Configurable levels of source control for the configuration of a process automation system  
Configurable levels of source control for the configuration of a process automation system are enabled through a preference selection or license. A user that starts with a certain level of source...
7555749 Software updating system and method  
In one embodiment, a server/client system, configured to update client software, generates audit data by analyzing a client's file configuration with respect to rules within an update catalog. The...
7555679 System and method for computer system rejuvenation  
A system and method that rejuvenates a computer system is provided. The user uses the computer system that includes an operating system and applications for a first period of time creating data...
7555657 Communication device, software update device, software update system, software update method, and program  
A software update device capable of communicating with a target update device via a network, the software update device including: a certification information setting unit for generating a first...
7552430 Patch sequencing  
Updating a software product by a plurality of patches. Sequencing data of each patch of the plurality of patches is received from a user such as a patch author. Each patch of the plurality of...
7548918 Techniques for maintaining consistency for different requestors of files in a database management system  
A method and apparatus for providing file system operation locks at a database server is provided. A database server may employ database locks and file system operation locks in servicing requests...
7546596 Non-disruptive method, system and program product for overlaying a first software module with a second software module  
A mechanism is provided for non-disruptive replacing of a first software module with a second software module in an embedded system. The mechanism includes copying update control code from the...
7543168 Specifying an operating system level to use after reboot  
A method for specifying an operating system (OS) file to use in a computing system after a system reboot begins by copying at least one new OS file to a system disk. An OS file to be installed is...
7542759 Method and apparatus for broadcasting software update information to mobile phones over a wireless communications network  
A local area wireless communications network includes an MCU which generally operates to manage the placement of audio and other information into frames that are transmitted to a base station which...
7539985 Systems and methods for dynamic component versioning  
The deployment and management of differing versions of software components can be simplified. External interfaces of the component can remain constant in behavior while the internal logic, and...
7539943 Systems and methods for tracking file modifications in software development  
A software development environment exposes a GUI with visual markings for differentiating developer modifications to software files. The differentiation techniques can be provided as defaults with...
7539834 System and method for a communication terminal to manage memory for downloadable applications  
A system and method for a communication terminal to manage memory and maintain a current application version for multiple applications are provided. The system and method provide for managing...
7536684 Software documentation generation using differential upgrade documentation  
A software application includes a document generator. A user can download from an upgrade website documentation (e.g., release notes) describing the differences in operation between a post-upgrade...
7536590 Programmable controller, programmable controller system, CPU unit and method of starting duplexed operation  
A programmable controller has a first (executing) CPU unit and a second (standby) CPU unit for a duplexed operation. Each CPU unit stores CPU version indicating its functionality and function...
7530064 Method and apparatus for automated registry clean-up  
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of automated registry clean-up for an operating system of a computer system. Interfaces on which each module depends is determined, and a module is...
7529818 System and method for performing validation of a configuration  
In embodiments, the present invention provides mechanisms and methods for making a set of configuration changes to a set of servers comprised of an administration server and one or more managed...
7529779 Apparatus and method for efficient generation of delta files for over-the-air upgrades in a wireless network  
A method of generating a composite delta file based on the differences between an original file and an upgraded file. The method comprises the steps of: 1) segmenting the original binary file into...
7523444 Managed automation programming model  
A managed automation programming model is provided for versioning computing components independently, isolating such components, and dynamically binding them. For example, components such as an...
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