Michael Jerome Wade

US Patent:

7873960, Jan 18, 2011

Filed:

Aug 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/910836

Inventors:

David K. Templin - Issaquah WA, US
David Andersen Guyer - Sammamish WA, US
Michael C. Wade - Renton WA, US
Patrick Wayne Baker - Woodinville WA, US
Sean Conway Draine - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717175, 717169, 717120

Abstract:

To package an application and a component to be available for use in connection with the application into a package, a type of the package and a location where the package is to be stored are received, as is a selection of the component to be packaged with the application. For the selected component, at least one packaging-specific object in such component is referred to to determine information on how to package the component in the package and/or how to install the component on the computing device of the user.