Patent №
US 6,282,709
Granted
2001-08-28
Filed 1997
Owner
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08968020
A method and apparatus for checking/updating existing software on a user's computer utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI enables the user, without knowing what software exists on the computer, to download a text file from a remote server and check whether the software on the remote server is contained on the user's computer. The user can also download and automatically install a new or updated program via the GUI.
AI classification
Ownership
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA
assignment · 88990695
Assignors
REHA, MARK KEITH, MORRIS, CHARLES F.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.