Granted Patent B2

US 9,383,985 · App. 13/491,656 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Inventor: Andrew Hei-Yin Lee (Rhodes, AU)

Assignee: Unisys Corporation

G06F8/61G06F8/67G06F9/44521G06F11/3664

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A method, comprising:

preparing a deployment package for a unique instance via copying a first deployment package to a second deployment package automatically and changing an identifier or a parameter within the second deployment package automatically such that the second deployment package is unique from the first deployment package at least via a unique identifier;

creating an executable file for the unique instance, wherein creating the executable file comprises creating a dynamic link library (DLL);

generating a class file corresponding to the unique instance by a standalone application; and compiling the class file with an external application to create the DLL;

updating a configuration file for the unique instance; and

packaging the executable file and the configuration file with the deployment package to create the unique instance of the deployment package for a unique copy of an existing application.

2. The method of claim 1 , in which the step of packaging comprises creating a Microsoft installer package (MSI).

3. The method of claim 1 , in which the step of updating the configuration file comprises at least one of:

updating the configuration file with a different system name;

updating the configuration file with an alternate name;

updating the configuration file with a different package name;

updating the configuration file with a different program identification.

4. The method of claim 1 , in which the step of creating the DLL comprises:

extracting an original DLL from the deployment package; and

editing assembly code in the DLL to correspond to the unique instance.

5. The method of claim 1 , in which the step of creating the DLL comprises:

generating source code corresponding to the unique instance for the DLL with a code generator; and

compiling the source code into the DLL with the code generator.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing the deployment package on a hypervisor-based platform.

7. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

code to prepare a deployment package for a unique instance via copying a first deployment package to a second deployment package automatically and changing an identifier or a parameter within the second deployment package automatically such that the second deployment package is unique from the first deployment package at least via a unique identifier;

code to create an executable file for the unique instance, wherein the code to create the executable file for the unique instance comprises code to create a dynamic link library (DLL);

code to generate a class file corresponding to the unique instance by a standalone application; and code to compile the class file with an external application to create the DLL;

code to update a configuration file for the unique instance; and

code to package the executable file and the configuration file with the deployment package to create the unique instance of the deployment package for a unique copy of an existing application.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , in which the medium further comprises code to create a Microsoft installer package (MSI).

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , in which the medium further comprises at least one of:

code to update the configuration file with a different system name;

code to update the configuration file with an alternate name;

code to update the configuration file with a different package name;

code to update the configuration file with a different program identification.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , in which the medium further comprises:

code to extract an original DLL from the deployment package; and

code to edit assembly code in the DLL to correspond to the unique instance.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , in which the medium further comprises:

code to generate source code corresponding to the unique instance for the DLL with a code generator; and

code to compile the source code into the DLL with the code generator.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, in which the processor is configured:

to prepare a deployment package for a unique instance via copying a first deployment package to a second deployment package automatically and changing an identifier or a parameter within the second deployment package automatically such that the second deployment package is unique from the first deployment package at least via a unique identifier;

to create an executable file for the unique instance; to create dynamic link library (DLL);

to generate a class file corresponding to the unique instance by a standalone application; and to compile the class file with an external application to create the DLL;

to update a configuration file for the unique instance; and

to package the executable file and the configuration file with the deployment package to create the unique instance of the deployment package for a unique copy of an existing application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , in which the processor is further configured:

to extract an original DLL from the deployment package; and

to edit assembly code in the DLL to correspond to the unique instance.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , in which the processor is further configured:

to generate source code corresponding to the unique instance for the DLL with a code generator; and

to compile the source code into the DLL with the code generator.

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