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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Mary Lynn Cashin, Cary, NC (US);
Timothy Alan Jones, Cary, NC (US);
Joshua Neil Novak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rod David Waltermann, Rougemount, NC (US);
Arnold S. Weksler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mary Lynn Cashin, Cary, NC (US);
Timothy Alan Jones, Cary, NC (US);
Joshua Neil Novak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rod David Waltermann, Rougemount, NC (US);
Arnold S. Weksler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Central 1, SG;
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for creating a preload. A preload may be stored onto a computer system prior to the computer system being manufactured. One or more attributes of an object of a preload may be defined. Each preload object may be an aggregation of one or more software element objects. A comparison may be made between the attributes in each software element object with the one or more attributes in the defined preload object. Upon identifying one or more software element objects whose attributes comprise the one or more attributes of the defined preload object, one or more part numbers associated with the one or more identified software element objects may be transmitted to a manufacturing system. Software associated with the identified one or more software element objects may be retrieved and installed onto a preload associated with the defined preload object.