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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Peter Strarup Jensen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pavel S. Veselov, San Jose, CA (US);
Dianna L. Decristo, Venice, CA (US);
Darryl J. Mocek, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Strarup Jensen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pavel S. Veselov, San Jose, CA (US);
Dianna L. Decristo, Venice, CA (US);
Darryl J. Mocek, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An invention is disclosed for a computer protocol that facilitates provisioning services to client devices. The computer protocol includes discovery transactions that allow a client device to retrieve information regarding services available to the client device from a provisioning server. A service comprises a plurality of content files capable of being installed on the client device. The computer protocol also includes subscription transactions that allow the client device to manage content in service directories. A service directory comprises a plurality of services. Further included in the computer protocol are delivery transactions that allow the client device to downloading of data related to services.