Appeal No. 2004-0499
Application No. 09/251,789
software application are run on first and second client
information processing systems. A query is made to the second
client information processing system to determine whether the
version of the software application with the second version is
newer than the software application with the first version.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for changing client software on a private
network from a first client to a second client using peer-
to-peer communications, comprising:
a plurality of client information processing systems
interconnected by a private network, wherein the private
network is within a gateway linking the private network to
other private or public networks, a first client information
processing system running a software application, and a
second client information processing system running the
software application with a second version;
a list of network addresses of the client information
processing systems interconnected by the private network
with the software application installed, wherein the list of
network addresses is available to the first client
information processing system; and
means for the software application with the first
version to automatically query the software application with
the second version over the network to directly communicate
with the second client information processing system at the
network address in the list using peer-to-peer
communications and without the need to communicate through a
mediating server so as to determine if the version of
software application with the second version is newer than
the software application with the first version;
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