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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`AIIYDOCKETNO.: 5577-130
`DATE: December 14, 1998
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`UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL LETTER·\!.
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`Transmitted herewith for filing under 37 CFR 1.53(b) is:
`1:8'.J a patent application
`D a Continuation D a Divisional D a Continuation-in-Part (CIP)
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`DA Small Entity Statement(s) was filed in the prior application; Status still proper and desired.
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`Inventor(s) or Application Identifier: David E. Cox; Kent F. Hayes, Jr.; David B. Lindquist
`John R. McGarvey; and Abdi Salahshour
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`Entitled:
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`METHODS, SYSTEMSAND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
`CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION PROGRAMS
`ONA NETWORK
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`l:2J 41 pages of Specification (including 23 claims)
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 5577-130
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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re: Cox, et ~I.
`Filed: Concurrently Herewith
`For: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
`FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION
`PROGRAMS ON A NETWORK
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`Date: December 14, 1998
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`Box Patent Application
`Assistant Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, DC 20231
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`Sir:
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`APPLICATION FILED UNDER 37 CFR 1.41(c)
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`The above identified application is being filed on behalf of the inventor(s),
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`David E. Cox, resident of Raleigh, North Carolina; Kent F. Hayes, Jr., resident of
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`Chapel Hill, North Carolina; David B. Lindquist, resident of Raleigh, North Carolina;
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`John R. McGarvey, resident of Apex, North Carolina; and Abdi Salahshour, resident of
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`Raleigh, North Carolina under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.41(c). A Declaration and Power
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`Robert W. Glatz
`Registration No. 36,811
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`Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec
`P.O. Box 37428
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`CERTIFICATE OF EXPRESS MAILING
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`"Express Mail" mailing label number EL085941687US
`Date of Deposit December 14, 1998
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`I hereby certify that this paper or fee is being deposited with the United States Postal Service
`"Express Mail Post Office to Addressee" service under 37 CPR LIO on the date indicated above and is addressed to
`Box Patent Application, Assi~r Patents, Washington, DC 20231.
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`Date of Signature: December 14, 1998
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`Attorney Docket: 5577-130
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`METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
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`APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON A.NETWORK
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`Cross Reference to Belated App!jcations
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`This application is related to the following applicatioi}tiled concurrently
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`herewith: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
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`FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURABLE APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON
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`A NETWORK, Attorney Docket Number 5577-106. This application is also
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`related to United States Patent Application No. 09/072,597 filed May 5, 1998 and
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`entitled: Client-Server System for Maintainil}-g a user Desktop Consistent with
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`Server Application User Access Permissions which is incorporated herein by
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`Fjeld of the lnveotjoo
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`The present invention relates to network management in general and in
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`particular to application program management on a computer network.
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`Background of the Invention
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`Traditional mainframe computer configurations provided for user interface
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`to the computer through computer terminals which were directly connected by
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`of networked processors. Examples of this shift in processing include local or
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`wide area computer networks which interconnect individual work stations where
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`each/Workstation has substantial independent processing capabilities. This shift
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`may b~ further seen in the popularity of the Internet which interconnects many -
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`proc_essors and networks of processors through devices such as, for example,
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`routers. This type of network enVironment is often ref~rred to as a client-server
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`environment with client stations coupled to and supported by a server station.
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`In the modem distributed processing computer environment, control over
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`software, such as application programs, is more difficult than where a mainframe
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`operated by an administrator is used, particularly for large organizations with
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`numerous client stations and servers distributed widely geographically and utilized
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`by a large number of users. Furthermore, individual users may move from location
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`to location and need to access the network from different client stations at different
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`times. The networked environment increases the challenges for a network
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`administrator in maintaining proper licenses for existing software and deploying
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`new or updated applications programs across the network.
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`One approach to reducing software distribution and control problems is to
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`use an application server in which the application programs are installed and
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`maintained on a centralized server which sup.ports a plurality of client stations
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`(sometimes referred to as a client/server application as contrasted to a desktop
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`application). In addition, the Systems Management Server (SMS) program from
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`Microsoft Corporation provides an ability to transmit an application program from
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`a server to a number of clients. The SMS system typically allows installation of
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`customized install generally must be created by a system administrator for each
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`different version to be installed. Furthermore, once installed at a client, a user
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`must typically use that specific client station. The application generally cannot be .
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`Envirorunent (TME) 10™ system from Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides a software
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`distribution feature which may be used to transmit a file package to client and
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`server stations on a network from a central Tivoli™ server.
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`,. ' A further complication in network systems is that, typically, these systems
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`includ~ combinations of network applications and native applications as well as
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`combinations of different connection types and hardware devices. As used herein
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`"native applications" refers to applications which are installed locally on a
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`workstation such that characteristics associated with the native application are
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`stored on the workstation. The combinations of network connections, differing
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`hardware, native applications and network applications makes portability of
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`preferences or operating environment characteristics which provide consistency
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`from workstation to workstation difficult. Furthermore, differences in hardware or
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`connections may create inefficiencies as users move from workstation to
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`workstation. For example, a user may, in a first session, access the network
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`utilizing a high speed connection and a workstation with a high resolution color
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`monitor to execute an application and then, in a later session, access the network to
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`execute the same application from a mobile computer with a monochrome display
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`and a low speed modem connection to the network. Thus, session content, such as
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`color display data or preferences associated with the application, which may have
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`been appropriate for the first session may be jnappropriate or inefficient in a later
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`session.
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`Efforts to address mobility of users in a network have included efforts to
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`provide preference mobility such as, for example, Novell's Z.E.N. works™,
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`Microsoft's "Zero Administration" initiative for Windows® and International
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`Business Machines Corporation's (IBM's) Workspace On Demand™. However,
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`to support their services. For example, Novell's Z.E.N. and IBM's Workspace On
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`Demand utilize a designer-supplied support layer in the operating system to enable.
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`their services. In addition to modifying the workstations operating system at
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`startup to setup tasks to customize the user's environment, the Microsoft Zero
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`environment where the workstation and the server are utilizing the same operating
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`terminal with execution of the applications occurring at the server rather than the
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`key strokes from the client. Windows Zero Administration, as described above, is
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`client rather than user oriented and installs applications on client stations which
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`does not fully support roaming by users. The JAVA TM environment utilized on the
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`Internet for web applications provides an ability for hardware independent
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`application development but fails to provide an integrated framework for
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`presenting multiple independent applications to a user. While various web
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`applications, such as the Netscape Mission Control desktop, do allow personalizing
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`of a specific application display by a user, this capability is generally not managed
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`across applications for a user. Furthermore,. it typically associates personalized
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`screen information with an Internet address (and sometimes a "cookie" installed at
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`the client) which is associated with a client device rather than a user, therefore
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`limiting its ability to support roaming by users.
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`Each of these "mobility" systems typically do not address the full range of
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`complications which may arise in a heterogeneous network utilizing differing
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`devices and connections. The system typically will not present application choices
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`infonnation associated with the particular client workstation. Users would
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`typically have to manually define session characteristics at each differing
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`workstation they used in the network or maintain local characteristic definitions
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`which may be inappropriate for particular applications a user is executing and may
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`Such solutions may, at most, reduce network administration only after initial
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`installation on each workstation. In addition, control over access by users is
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`diffi~ttlt to accomplish in a mobile environment.
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`Furthermore, these various approaches have, at most, only limited
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`capa~ilities to provide a uniform framework for deployment of new or updated
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`application programs from different software designers. To the extent software
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`distribution capabilities from a central location are provided, such as with the TME
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`t OTM system, they typically require various steps in the installation process to
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`occur at different locations. rather than allowing the entire process to be controlled
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`Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide methods,
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`systems and computer program products for centralized management of application
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide such methods,
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`systems and computer program products that are user based across various
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`hardware interface devices.
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`It is another object of the present inv~ntion to provide such methods,
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`systems and computer program products that provide for software deployment
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`from a central administrative server location across a plurality of client stations.
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide such methods,
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`systems and computer program products that can accommodate various types of
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`hardware operating under different operating systems across client stations.
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`These and other objects are provided, according to the present invention, by
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`providing methods, systems and computer program products for management of
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`application programs on a network including a server supporting client stations.
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`The server provides applications on-demand to a user logging in to a client
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`supported by the server. Mobility is provided to the user and hardware portability
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`is provided by establishing a user desktop interface responsive to a login request
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`which presents to the user a desktop screen through a web browser interface. The
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`desktop accesses and downloads selected application programs from the server
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`responsive to a request from the user, such as the selection of an icon associated
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`with the application program which is displayed on the user desktop screen at the
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`clierit. , The application program is then provided from the server and executed at
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`the client. The application program may further be customized to conform to the
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`user's preferences and may also provide for license use management by
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`determining license availability before initiating execution of the application
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`program. Accordingly, applications are provided on-demand to users independent
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`of the device used to access the server.
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`Centralized control of software distribution is also provided for a network
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`management server managed computer network such as a Tivoli™ envirorunent.
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`Application programs are distributed as file packages (packets) to on-demand
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`servers. A profile manager import call is included in the distributed file packet
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`along with an import text file containing the data required to properly install and
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`register the application program on the on-demand server and make it available to
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`authorized users. Settable on-demand server identifier fields are included to allow
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`a plurality of on-demand servers to receive a common file packet and properly
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`install and register the program for use locally.
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`In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for management of
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`application programs on a network including a server and a client is provided. A
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`plurality of application programs are installed at the server. The plurality of
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`application programs may be installed on a network drive accessible to the server.
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`A login request initiating a session is received from a user through an application
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`executing at the client. A user desktop interface is then established at the client
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`associated with the user responsive to the login request from the user. The desktop
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`interface includes a plurality of display regions associated with a set of the
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`plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is
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`authorized. The server receives a selection of one of the plurality of application
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`programs from the user desktop interface and provides an instance of the selected
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`one of the plurality of application programs to the client for execution responsive
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`to the_ selection.
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`In a further embodiment, application management information for the
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`plurality of applications is maintained at the server and a plurality of display
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`regions associated with a set of the plurality of application programs for which the
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`user-is·authorized is included responsive to the application management
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`information. In a further embodiment of the present invention, application
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`launcher programs associated with each of the set of the plurality of application
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`programs for which the user is authorized are distributed to the client and
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`selections of programs are received from one of the application launcher programs
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`which is associated with the selected one of the plurality of application programs.
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`The application launcher programs may be provided as JA V ATM applets and the
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`user desktop interface may be provided as a web browser The application
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`management information may include configurable user preference information for
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`the plurality of application programs and a set of the configurable user preference
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`information associated with the user and the selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs may be provided to the client for use in executing the
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`instance of the application program. The set of the configurable user preference
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`information may include both user preferences configurable by the user and user
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`preferences not configurable by the user which are configmable by an
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`administrator. The user preference information may be updated responsive to
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`updates from the user and the administrator respectively.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, the user desktop interface
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`is configured at the server responsive to an identifier of the user associated with the
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`login request so as to provide a configured user desktop interface. The configured
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`user desktop interface is then provided to the client for display. The user desktop
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`may be configured not to include display regions associated with any of the
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`plurality of application programs installed at the server for which the user is not
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`authorized.
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`In another aspect of the present invention, a license availability is
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`determined. An unavailability indication is provided to the client responsive to the
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`selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not available for the
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`user. The license availability may be determined by the one of the application
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`launcher programs associated with the selected one of the plurality of application
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`programs which may obtain the license availability from a license management
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`server:· The license management server may run on the same machine as the on
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`demand application server.
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`In a further aspect of the present invention, event logging information is
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`received at the server from the instance of the selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs. The server provides the received event logging information
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`to a network management server associated with the server. In addition, event
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`logging information may be provided to the user desktop application.
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`In yet another aspect of the present invention, methods are provided for
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`distribution of application programs to a target station on a network from a
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`centralized network management server coupled to the network. The application
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`program to be distributed is provided to the systems (network) management server
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`and a source directory and a target directory for distribution of the application
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`program are specified. A file packet associated with the application program is
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`prepared including a segment configured to initiate registration operations for the
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`application program at the target station. The file packet is then distributed to the
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`target station or stations. In one embodiment, the network management server is a
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`Tivoli™ server. The segment configured to initiate registration operations may
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`include an import data file and a call to an import program executing on the target
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`invention, the application program is provided as a JAVA TM applet and is
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`registered based on a Universal Resource Locator (URL) address accessible to a
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`browser application. The segment configured to initiate registration operations
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`includes a variable field into which the target station inserts its identification
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`during registration operations. The file packet may be distributed to a plurality of
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`target stations each having an identification which may be inserted into the variable
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`field at the target station.
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`While the invention has been described above primarily with respect to the
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`method aspects of the invention, both systems and computer program products are
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`also provided.
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`, Accordingly, the present invention provides for management of application
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`programs in a network environment from a central location while allowing for user
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`preferellces to be maintained independent of hardware location of the user along
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`with centralized distribution of new and/or updated application programs. This
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`provides for reduced costs and increased uniformity in deploying software in a
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`network environment. It further provides an essentially hardware transparent
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`ability for an individual user to interface to an on-demand server supported client
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`station while maintaining the user's personal preferences for each application
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`program.
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