Applications and services as a bundle

摘要

A system and method are provided for managing bundles of applications and services over a network between a server system and client computers. Related applications and services are bundled together in one package so that a user is able to quickly and easily configure a computer to perform a specified task. By combining both the applications and the services in one bundle, users no longer have to search the Internet for necessary components. Furthermore, additional features that allow portability of the bundled applications and services in addition to diagnostic monitoring are included.

主权项

1. A method of bundling applications and services comprising:
gathering one or more applications; gathering one or more services, wherein the services are provided by one or more service providers; providing a bundling feature that associates a combination of at least one of the one or more applications and at least one of the one or more services as a bundle, wherein the bundle is accessible on one or more servers and is added to a user profile when selected from a computing device, and further wherein the bundle is accessible through the user profile from any computing device which has access to the one or more servers; providing a modification feature that enables a user to change the combination of applications and services forming the bundle; providing a selection feature that enables simultaneous selection of all of the applications and the services within the bundle by selecting the bundle; and checking the computing device for compatibility errors between the applications and the services within the bundle and the computing device before the bundle is installed.