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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Derrick Jason Birum, Duvall, WA (US);
Christopher Richard Newcombe, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul David Jones, Renton, WA (US);
Richard Donald Ellis, Carnation, WA (US);
Mikel Howard Thompson, Shoreline, WA (US);
Derrick Jason Birum, Duvall, WA (US);
Christopher Richard Newcombe, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul David Jones, Renton, WA (US);
Richard Donald Ellis, Carnation, WA (US);
Mikel Howard Thompson, Shoreline, WA (US);
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for versioning of applications is provided. A version of an application may be updated or rolled back transparently to the client. A list of resources in a current version of an application is created and compared to the list of resources in a new version. When a resource is not included in the current version but is included in the new version, a notation is made to include the resource in the new version. When an extra resource is in the current version but not in the new version, a notation is made to purge the resource so that it is not included in the new version. These notations may be created in a purge list used by the client to request the resources needed to change versions. No interaction is needed by the client to change versions.