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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Raja Doraisamy, Fremont, CA (US);
Raja Doraisamy, Fremont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin-client device having an application program obtains a copy of an application update having an update barrier level via a network. The thin-client device receives a set of configuration parameters from a configuration server via the network and sets the barrier level value to a value specified by the set of configuration parameters. Alternatively, the thin-client device retrieves a default barrier level value stored in the thin-client device. If the set of configuration parameters does not specify a barrier level value, the barrier level value is set to the default barrier level value. The thin-client device compares the update barrier level to a barrier level value corresponding to a minimum application version necessary to maintain support for a critical feature. If the update barrier level is greater than or equal to the barrier level value, the thin-client device updates its application program.