Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Public network distribution of software updates
- Patent Title (中): 公共网络分发的软件更新
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Application No.: US11493277Application Date: 2006-07-26
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Publication No.: US08775572B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Abolade Gbadegesin , Mario C. Goertzel , Kenneth A. Showman , Joshua W. Dunn
- Applicant: Abolade Gbadegesin , Mario C. Goertzel , Kenneth A. Showman , Joshua W. Dunn
- Applicant Address: US WA Remond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Remond
- Agent Andrew Sanders; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
Updates for an enterprise's software product are made available to user devices on-line, even when network resources of the enterprise are unavailable. Software update sets and notifications concerning the update sets may be published by an enterprise for consumption by content distribution partners of the enterprise and parties not affiliated with the enterprise. Each abstraction relating to an update, including update notifications and update sets may include a cryptographic signature for later use in authenticating the source of the abstraction. Update notifications also may include information indicative of: available update sets; and network locations at which the update sets can be accessed. Further, an update notification may be configured with a time-to-live (TTL) value indicating a value of time after which the notification expires. TTL values give the enterprise some control over the distribution of update sets by limiting the lifespan of the update notifications corresponding to the update sets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070299940A1 Public network distribution of software updates Public/Granted day:2007-12-27
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