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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`ATTY DOCKE'I NO.: 5577-106
`DATE: December 14,1998
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`UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL LETTE
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`P.OX PATENT APPLICATION
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`I a Small Entity Statement(s) was filed in the prior application; Status still proper and desired.
`Inventor(s) or Application Identifier: David E. Cox; Kent F. Hayes, Jr.;
`David L. Kaminslcy; David B. Lindquist
`Entitled: METHODS, SYSTEMSAND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
`MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURABLE APPLICATION PROGRAMS
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 5577-LO6
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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 al.
`Filed: Concurrently Herewith
`FOT: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
`FoRMANAGEMENToFCoNFIGUzu'BLEAPPLICATION
`PROGRAMS ON A NETWORK
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`Date: December 14,1998
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`Box Patent ApPlication
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`APPLICATION FILED UNDER 37 CFR 1.41(c)
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`Sir:
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`The above identified application is being filed on behalf of the inventor(s),
`David E. Cox, resident of Raleigh, North Carolina; Kent F. Hayes, Jr., resident of
`Chapel Hill, North Carolina; David L. Kaminsky, resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
`and David B; Lindquist, resident of Raleigh, North Carolina under the provisions of 37
`CFR 1.41(c). A Declaration and Power of Attorney from the inventors will follow, 37
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`METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
`PRODUCTS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURABLE
`APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON A NETWORK
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`Abstract of the Disclosure
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`Management of configurable applications programs on a network is
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`provided by using two program files for each configurable application program.
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`The two program files are provided to a network server station which operates as
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`the on-demand server for software deployment and may also act as the application
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`server. Thq on-demand server makes the first (configuration manager) program
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`available to an administrator to obtain preferences for the configurable preferences
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`Attomey Docket: 5577 -106
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`METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR
`MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURABLE
`APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON A NETWORK
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`Cross Reference to Related Applications
`This application is related to the following application filed concurrently
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`herewith: METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
`FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON A
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`to United States Patent Application No. 09/072,597 filed May 5, 1998 and entitled:
`Client-Server System for Maintaining a user Desktop Consistent with Server
`Application User Access Permissions which is incorporated herein by reference in
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`its entiretv.
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`Field of the lnvention
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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 lnvention
`Traditional mainframe computer configurations provided for user interface
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`processing power has typically evolved from a central processing center with a
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`of networked processors. Examples of this shift in processing include local or
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`In the modern distributed processing computer environment, control over
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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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`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 inappropriate or inefficient in a later
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`Efforts to address mobility of uses in a network have included efforts to
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`provide preference mobility such as, for example, Novell's Z.E.N.worksrM,
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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 DemandrM. 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 modifring the workstations operating system at
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`startup to setup tasks to customize the user's environment, ttre Microsoft Zero
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`Another approach to centralized management is the traditional mainframe
`model, such as with the IBM 3270 system, or an X Windows environment.
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`However, in each of these approaches, the client device is treated as a dumb
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`terminal with execution of the applications occurring at the server rather than the
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`client. Accordingly, the communication between the server and the client is
`typically presenting characters for a display screen ofthe client and/or receiving
`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 do
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`not fully support roaming by users. The JAVATM environment utilized on the
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`Internet for web applications provides an ability for hardware independent
`application development but fails to provide an integrated framework for
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`presenting multiple independent applications to a user. While various web
`applications do allow personalizing of a specific application display by user, this
`capability is generally not managed across applications for a user. Furthermore, it
`typicalty associates personalized screen information with an Internet address which
`is client device rather than user associated, therefore limiting its ability to support
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`roaming by users.
`Each of these "mobility" systems typically do not address the fulI range of
`complications which may arise in a heterogeneous network utilizing differing
`devices and connections. The systems typically will not present application choices
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`associated with the user and for which the user is authorized but instead present
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`information associated with the particular client workstation. Users would
`typically have to manually define session characteristics at each differing
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`which may be inappropriate for particular applications a user is executing and may
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`substantially reduced the administrative convenience of a centrally controlled
`network. Thus, these various approaches fail to provide a seamless integration of
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`application access and session characteristics across heterogeneous networks.
`Such solutions may, at most, reduce network administration only after initial
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`installation on each workstation. In addition, control over access to applications by
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`users is difficult to accomplish in a mobile environment
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`An additional user based application management capability not fully
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`supported by these various approaches is license use management. License use
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`management typically involves controlling how many users can use an application.
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`A distributed network environment with a plurality of client stations and a plurality
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`ofdifferent users accessing the applications from different clients increases the
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`challenge associated with managing license use to insure compliance with
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`limitations established by software designers. These environments also typically
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`require various steps in the installation process to occur at different locations rather
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`than allowing the entire process to be controlled from a single point for an entire
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`Summary of the lnvention
`Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide methods,
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`systems and computer program products for management of configurable
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`application programs on a computer network which allow a mix of user and system
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`administrator defined configurable preferences to be associated with specific
`, applicationprograms.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide such methods,
`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 two program files for each configurable application program which are
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`provided to a network server station which operates as an on-demand server for
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`software deployment and may also act as the application server. The on-demand
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`server makes the first, or configuration manager, program available to an
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`administrator classified user (either remotely at a client station or at a direct
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`interface to the server station) to provide an interface to establish preferences for
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`the configurable preferences of the application program which have been
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`designated as administrator only settable. The on-demand server also provides a
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`second, or application launcher, program to client stations on the network and
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`served by the on-demand server. The application launcher program not only
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`provides for a user interface to execute the application program itselfbut also
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`allows a user to speciff one or more of the configurable parameters of the
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`application program. An icon is displayed on the screen of the client station
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`through which a user may initiate execution of the application program. The on-
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`demand application launcher may also obtain a license for the requesting user
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`before initiating execution thereby providing centralized license management
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`support.
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`The application launcher program first determines the user identity (ID) and
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`provides the user information to the server along with the request to initiate
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`execution of the application program. The application program is then executed
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`using stored values for the user and administrator set preferences or, if no
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`preferences have yet been obtained for the particular user (or new preferences are
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`desired), user preferences are obtained before initiating execution of the application
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`program itself. A profile manager program on the on-demand server provides a
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`user interface and maintains profile information for each client (hardware related)
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`and user (preferences) for all managed configurable application programs available
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`on the on-demand server. The profile manager program may also control access to
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`various applications based on user authorization information.
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`In one embodiment of the present invention methods, systems and
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable
`application programs on a network. An application program having a plurality of
`configurable preferences and a plurality ofauthorized users is installed on a server
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`coupled to the network. An application launcher program associated with the
`application program is distributed to a client coupled to the network. A user set of
`the plurality of configurable preferences associated with one of the plurality of
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`authorized users executing the application launcher program is obtained and an
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`administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences is obtained from an
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`administrator. The application program is then executed using the obtained user
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`set and the obtained administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences
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`responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of authorized users. The
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`request may be received from the one of the plurality of authorized users through
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`the application launcher program.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, a configuration manager
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`program associated with the application program is distributed to a second client
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`coupled to the network and the administrator set of the plurality of configurable
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`preferences is obtained from an administrator executing the configuration manager
`program. The administrator may be one of the plurality of authorized users who is
`authorized to execute the configuration manager program. In one embodiment of
`the present invention, an icon associated with the application program is displayed
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`on a screen of the client and an authorized user may execute the application
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`launcher program by selecting the displayed icon.
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`In one embodiment of the present invention, obtained user sets and
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`obtained administrator sets are stored on a storage device coupled to the server and
`retrieved from the storage device Wrrruring exe"ution of the application
`program. Default preference values may be provided and used for any of the
`plurality of configurable preferences which are not specified by the user set or the
`administrator set. Furthermore, the default preference values may be also be stored
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`on the storage device coupled to the server.
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`In a fuither aspect of the present invention, security may be provided by
`determining if a user requesting execution of the application program is one of the
`plurality of authorized users. This aspect may also be combined with the license
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`use management aspects of the present invention to further control access to
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`managed application programs.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, additional application
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`programs are managed according to the teachings of the present invention along
`with user preferences obtained from a plurality of users. Furthermore, for each
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`application program, associated application launcher programs may be distributed
`to a plurality of client stations and obtain user preferences from a plurality of users.
`In a further embodiment of the present invention, methods, systems and
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable
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`application programs on a network. An application program having a plurality of
`configurable preferences and a plurality ofauthorized users is installed on a server
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`and an application launcher program associated with the application program is
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`distributed to a client. A user set of the plurality of configurable preferences is
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`obtained from one of the plurality of authorized users executing the application
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`launcher program and an administrator set of the plurality of configurable
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`preferences is obtained from an administrator The application program is then
`executed using a stored user set and the administrator set of the plurality of
`configurable preferences responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of
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`authorized users.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, methods, systems and
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`computer program products are provided for management of configurable
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`application programs on a network including receiving an application launcher
`program associated with an application program having a plurality of configurable
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`preferences from a server. A user set ofthe plurality ofconfigurable preferences
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`from one of the plurality of authorized users executing the application launcher
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`program is provided to the seryer. The server is also requested to provide an
`instance of the application program and a stored user set and an administrator set of
`the plurality of configurable preferences for use in executing the application
`program responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of authorized users.
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`In a further aspect of the present invention, methods, systems and computer
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`program products are provided for management of license use for a network.
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`License management policy information for a plurality of application programs is
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`maintained at a license management seryer. Requests are received at the license
`management server for a license availability of a selected one of the plurality of
`application programs from a user at a client. The license management server
`determines the license availability for the selected one of the plurality of
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`application programs for the user based on the maintained license management
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`policy information and provides an unavailability indication to the client
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`responsive to the selection if the license availability indicates that a license is not
`available for the user or an availability indication if the licensed availability
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`indicates that a license is available for the user. The request may be received from
`an application launcher program associated with the selected one of the plurality of
`application programs and the availability or unavailability indication may be
`provided to the application launcher program. In one embodiment, the license
`management server is an on demand server associated with the client which
`provides an instance of the selected one of the application programs to the client
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`for execution.
`While the invention has been described above primarily with respect to the
`method aspects of the invention, both systems and computer program products are
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`also provided.
`Accordingly, the present invention provides for management of
`configurable application programs in a network environment from a central on-
`demand server location while allowing for user preferences to be tracked
`independent of hardware location of the user. This provides for reduced costs and
`increased uniformity in managing software in a network environment by delivering
`configured applications when demanded by a user. It further provides an
`hardware transparent ability for an individual user to interface to an on-
`"ssentially
`demand server supported client station while maintaining the user's personal
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`preferences for each application program.
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`Brief Description of the Drawings
`FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer network with configurable
`application program management according to an embodiment of the present
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`invention;
`FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating operations for application program
`distribution to clients on a computer network according to an embodiment of the
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`present invention;
`FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating operations for application program
`distribution and execution from the server perspective according to an embodiment
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`FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating operations for application program
`distribution and execution from the client and user perspective according to an
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`embodiment of the present invention; and
`FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating license use management according to an
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`embodiment of the present invention.
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`Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments
`The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with
`reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the
`invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different
`forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein;
`rather, these emb