公开(公告)号：US5974454A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-26

申请号：US970668

申请日：1997-11-14

申请人： Darren A. Apfel ,  Michael C. Mathieu ,  Lydja K. Williams

发明人： Darren A. Apfel ,  Michael C. Mathieu ,  Lydja K. Williams

IPC分类号： G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F8/65

摘要： Installing and updating a software program module component. A determination is made whether the current date is on or after a date stored in a registry key on a computer. If the current date is on or after the date stored in the registry key, then a computer transmits a database query via the Internet to a database server. At the database server, a determination is made whether an upgrade package for the software program module component is available, such as by performing a database lookup. If an upgrade package for the software program module component is available, then an upgrade package message is sent from the database server to the computer. At the computer, a determination is made whether the user wants to download the upgrade package. If so, then an upgrade package query is sent by the computer via the Internet to a package server. At the package server, in response to receiving the upgrade package query, the upgrade package is retrieved and sent over the Internet to the computer. The upgrade package is then installed on the computer to update the software program module component.

摘要翻译： 安装和更新软件程序模块组件。 确定当前日期是存储在计算机上的注册表项中的日期之后还是之后。 如果当前日期是在存储在注册表项中的日期之后或之后，则计算机通过因特网将数据库查询传输到数据库服务器。 在数据库服务器上，确定软件程序模块组件的升级包是否可用，例如通过执行数据库查找。 如果软件程序模块组件的升级包可用，则将升级包消息从数据库服务器发送到计算机。 在计算机上，确定用户是否想要下载升级包。 如果是这样，则计算机通过Internet将升级包查询发送到包服务器。 在包服务器上，为了响应接收到升级包查询，升级包被检索并通过Internet发送到计算机。 升级包然后安装在计算机上以更新软件程序模块组件。