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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Nathan V. Bak, Portland, OR (US);
Patricia A. Gaughen, Portland, OR (US);
Huizenga Gerrit, Portland, OR (US);
Jon A. Grimm, Round Rock, TX (US);
Donjuma S. Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric B. Munson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ramachandra N. Pai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Timothy C. Pepper, Tigard, OR (US);
Nathan V. Bak, Portland, OR (US);
Patricia A. Gaughen, Portland, OR (US);
Huizenga Gerrit, Portland, OR (US);
Jon A. Grimm, Round Rock, TX (US);
Donjuma S. Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric B. Munson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ramachandra N. Pai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Timothy C. Pepper, Tigard, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A software development service offering of generating and installing software applications packages on computer systems running a set of operating systems including LINUX and UNIX operating systems, by creating a dynamic repository; populating a plurality software packages; running a tool that creates a set of index files, wherein the set of index files includes a menu of the plurality of software packages, wherein each software package in the plurality of software packages contains a set of contents; determining whether a software package is included in a menu of the plurality of software packages; and delivering to a client system the software package requested in a selection request, or delivering to the client system an other software package, when the software package is not included in the menu of the plurality of software packages.