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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jack Matthew, San Francisco, CA (US);
John R. Chang, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/61 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2019.01); B32B 27/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/34 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/61 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/34 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); B32B 2264/10 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2439/00 (2013.01); B32B 2509/10 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24372 (2015.01); Y10T 428/269 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31504 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31855 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dynamic retrieval of installation packages when installing software is described herein. In one embodiment, a process can be provided to determine a specific installation package to be installed for software having one or more packages to be installed. A repository can be automatically identified from a plurality of repositories from which to obtain the specific installation package, based on priority criteria. The priority criteria can be based on dynamically changing parameters. The specific installation package can be obtained from the identified repository.