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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2004
Christopher R. Vincent, Arlington, MA (US);
Christopher R. Vincent, Arlington, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for dynamically updating a computer application. According to the method, a subscription request is sent to a publish/subscribe server so as to receive updates to the computer application. An update notification or an update is received from the publish/subscribe server, and the update is dynamically applied to the computer application during execution without restarting the computer application. In one embodiment, the update notification is received from the publish/subscribe server, a request for the update is sent to a second server, and the update is received from the second server. Also provided are a system, method and computer program product for sending updates to a computer application.