Appeal No. 1999-2255
Application No. 08/885,393
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to method and apparatus to ensure that the version of a
program on a computer workstation which is on a network is a timely (latest) version of
the program. If the current version on the local computer is not the latest version, then
the latest version is transferred from the network server to the computer. Claims 1 and
31 are reproduced below.
1. A computer system, comprising:
a local computer configured to store a current program;
a network server configured to store a latest program, and an identifier
program for generating an identification corresponding to the latest computer
program upon interrogation;
an updater program configured to cause the latest program to be
transferred from the network server to the local computer and replace the current
program; and
a startup program which is configured to run when the local computer is
started up, interrogate the identifier program, determine if the identification
corresponds to the current program, and if the identification does not correspond
to the current program, run the updater program.
31. A computer program embodied in a computer-readable medium including
a latest computer program and an identifier program, said identifier program
comprising:
a receiving code segment for receiving and processing an interrogation;
and
an identification generating code segment for generating an identification
corresponding to the latest computer program in response to the interrogation.
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