Patent №
US 6,182,285
Granted
2001-01-30
Filed 1998
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09058173
A method and apparatus for compensating for deficiencies existing in programs to assist a user through installing a program. Polling the status of jobs requested by the user of a workstation is done so that the user may eventually be provided with status reports regarding the jobs being executed. The user can set parameters during loading of System Modification Program Extended (SMPE) libraries, install, migrate, fallback, remigrate and update procedures for the program. An indication is provided to a user of a workstation as steps of a task have been completed by the user. The health of catalog and directory databases may be verified before a migrate procedure is performed. The user of the program can be informed regarding parameters whose default values have changed, which parameters are of particular concern to the specific user.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 91170482
Assignors
BLEIZEFFER, TERRY M., CHURCH, NATHAN D., DEVINE, KATHRYN W., HUGHES, VIRGINIA W., JR., KILBURN, BARBARA J., SHOUGH, DAVID E.
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