DIGITAL ASSET DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A computer system and method for software delivery that include articles of manufacture having two or more installed, functional software applications organized in a protoset, the protoset configured to enable creation of one or more subsets (also called reduced metasets) from the two or more installed, functional software applications, each of the one or more subsets configured to be operable with a predefined computer system independent of the protoset; and a protoset module configured to operate on the protoset to enable creation of the one or more subsets of the two or more installed, functional software applications, the module responsive to one or more requests for the creation of the one or more reduced metasets.

主权项

1. A system for digital-asset delivery comprising:
a storage medium; a processor operatively coupled to the storage medium; a plurality of digital assets organized in a protoset on the storage medium, the protoset configured to enable creation of a first metaset on the storage medium, the first metaset configured to be operable with an electronic device that includes the storage medium, wherein the first metaset includes a selected set of the plurality of digital assets, wherein the plurality of digital assets are unavailable unless and until the protoset module is executed by the processor, and wherein the plurality of digital assets undergoes a validation process during creation of the protoset in order to eliminate conflicts among the plurality of digital assets; a protoset module configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the protoset module, when executed by the processor:
distinguishes the selected set of the plurality of digital assets from a non-selected set of the plurality of digital assets, andoperates on the protoset to create the first metaset in a state in which each of the digital assets in the first metaset is operationally available.