发明名称 Methods and systems for distribution of technical manuals
摘要 A method is described for providing a current version of a technical manual to a client computer system that has a prior version of the technical manual. Delta data representing a plurality of differences between the prior version of the technical manual and the current version of the technical manual is generated. The delta data are transmitted to the client computer system, and the client computer system applies the delta data to the prior version of the technical manual to produce the current version of the technical manual.
申请公布号 US8775552(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.07.08
申请号 US201012766052 申请日期 2010.04.23
申请人 The Boeing Company 发明人 Kessel Jamie A.;Norman Michael E.;Krzyzewski Kenneth C.;Nguyen Vu-Minh N.
分类号 G06F15/16 主分类号 G06F15/16
代理机构 Armstrong Teasdale LLP 代理人 Armstrong Teasdale LLP
主权项 1. A method for providing a current version of a technical manual to a client computer system having a prior version of the technical manual, said method comprising: determining that the current version of a technical manual is newer than the prior version of the technical manual; creating the current version of the technical manual at a server computer system; generating, by the server computer system, delta data representing a plurality of differences between the prior version of the technical manual and the current version of the technical manual; defining by the server computer system, an index representing a position of a plurality of content portions within a content of the current version of the technical manual; creating an update installation package including the delta data and the index, the update installation package operable to transform the prior version of the technical manual to the current version of the technical manual; generating, by the server computer system, a deletion script operable to delete, from the client computer system, data that corresponds to the prior version of the technical manual and does not correspond to the current version of the technical manual; and transmitting the delta data and the update installation package with the deletion script from the server computer system to the client computer system, wherein the client computer system applies the delta data and the deletion script to the prior version of the technical manual to produce the current version of the technical manual.
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