Automatically upgrading software over a satellite link (US6473099)

Application Number	Filed	Pub. Date	Title
US1999000437887	1999-11-09	2001-07-10	Downloading software from a server to a client
US1998000106937	1998-06-30	2000-02-08	Reducing latency while downloading data over a network
US1996000755238	1996-11-22	1999-08-17	Remote upgrade of software over a network
US1996000660088	1996-06-03	2000-03-07	Web browser allowing navigation between hypertext objects using remote control


	Parent Case:			RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/437,887, filed Nov. 9, 1999, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,259,442, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/106,937, filed Jun. 30, 1998, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,023,268, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/755,238, filed Nov. 22, 1996, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,940,074, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/660,088, filed Jun. 3, 1996, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,034,689. This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/656,924, filed Jun. 3, 1996, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,918,013. The foregoing patents are incorporated herein by reference.
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	First Claim: Show all 25 claims			What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is: 1. In a networked system that includes a client that stores program instructions, a server, and a network infrastructure having a two-way communication link for providing two-way communication between the client and the server and a satellite link for providing one-way communication to the client, a method for upgrading the program instructions stored at the client, comprising the steps for: determining at the server that an upgrade of the program instructions is available; determining whether the upgrade is mandatory or not mandatory; and at a time when the two-way communication is not established over the two-way communication link, downloading the upgrade of the program instructions to the client via the satellite link, wherein: if the upgrade is mandatory, the program instructions stored at the client are replaced automatically by the upgrade of the program instructions; and if the upgrade is not mandatory, a user of the client is prompted to decide whether to accept the upgrade.
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	Other Abstract Info:			DERABS G1998-021141 DERABS G1998-312838 DERABS G1999-508244 DERABS G2000-316279 DERABS G2001-023107
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