Patents by Inventor Youngcheng Li

Youngcheng Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Programmatic application installation diagnosis and cleaning
    Patent number: 7185335
    Abstract: A plugable framework for use in the installation and uninstallation of a suite of applications. An application installer configured according to the plugable framework can include installation logic configured to copy application files to a target computing system. The installation logic also can configure the target for operation with the application. Installation diagnostic and cleanup logic can be coupled to the installation logic. The installation diagnostic logic can detect an installation failure, while the cleanup logic can remove the copied files and can reverse the configuration in response to the installation diagnostic logic detecting an installation failure. Uninstallation logic can be configured both to remove copied files from the target, and also to reverse the configuration of the target according to the terms of a specified uninstallation configuration file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Hind, Youngcheng Li, Chunshan A. Zhang
  • Programmatic application installation diagnosis and cleaning
    Publication number: 20040060045
    Abstract: A plugable framework for use in the installation and uninstallation of a suite of applications. An application installer configured according to the plugable framework can include installation logic configured to copy application files to a target computing system. The installation logic also can configure the target for operation with the application. Installation diagnostic and cleanup logic can be coupled to the installation logic. The installation diagnostic logic can detect an installation failure, while the cleanup logic can remove the copied files and can reverse the configuration in response to the installation diagnostic logic detecting an installation failure. Uninstallation logic can be configured both to remove copied files from the target, and also to reverse the configuration of the target according to the terms of a specified uninstallation configuration file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Hind, Youngcheng Li, Chunshan A. Zhang