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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Johann Tomas Sigurdsson, Westmount, CA;
Sigurdur Asgeirsson, Beaconsfield, CA;
Roger Tawa, Brossard, CA;
Jeffrey Bailey, Montreal, CA;
Adam Barth, Stanford, CA (US);
Johann Tomas Sigurdsson, Westmount, CA;
Sigurdur Asgeirsson, Beaconsfield, CA;
Roger Tawa, Brossard, CA;
Jeffrey Bailey, Montreal, CA;
Adam Barth, Stanford, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of invention relate to automatically updating browser extensions. In an embodiment, a method for updating browser extensions is provided. In the method, an input to execute a browser extension installed in a local browser extension database is received. In response to receipt of the input, a remote server is automatically communicated with to determine whether a portion of the browser extension should be updated. An updated portion of the browser extension is received if the browser extension should be updated. Finally, the updated portion of the browser extension is installed in the local browser extension database.