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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
Gary S. Henderson, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter A. Williams, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jimin LI, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wei Wu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Lokesh M. Dave, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gary S. Henderson, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter A. Williams, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jimin Li, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wei Wu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Lokesh M. Dave, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling the update installation behavior of a computing device according to installation attributes is presented. When present, a mandatory installation attribute associated with a software update causes the installation process executed on the computing device to disallow a user to selectively not install the software update. A priority installation attribute causes the computing device to request a higher amount of network bandwidth for obtaining the software update's content for installation on the client computing device. A deadline installation attribute associated with the software update causes the computing device to permit a user to selectively not install the software update until an associated deadline passes, at which time the software update is installed without further user interaction. A zero system interruption (ZSI) installation attribute causes the computing device to automatically install the software update without user interaction if the computing device is properly configured.