A system for controlling the distribution of software in a customized configuration to a plurality of computers in a network environment, comprising console means for creating distribution control information which is both associated with the software and related to said customized configuration, server means responsive to the console means for storing the software and the distribution control information; agent means resident on each computer for downloading the software in accordance with the distribution control information and a token authorization signal from a token server means, and token server means for controlling the number of users simultaneously distributing the software, the token server means responsive to a token request signal from the agent means to provide a token authorization signal to the agent means authorizing the agent means to download the software onto the corresponding computer.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to copending commonly assigned Patent application, Ser. No. 08/792,938, filed on Jan. 24, 1997, by Aronberg, et al., entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION AND DESKTOP MANAGEMENT IN A COMPUTER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT", incorporated herein by reference.
A method and system for installing a software product to computer with authorization is provided. (1) A code C is generated from registration information that designates information about software products having already been installed to a first computer and an identifier that designates the software product S on both the first and the second computer. (2) A second computer compares the code C.sub.1 generated by the first computer with the code C.sub.2 generated by the second computer. And (3) if the code C.sub.1 coincides with the code C.sub.2, the software product S is installed to the first computer.
This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for normalizing service level agreements across entire networks. By utilizing a new parameter called the virtual call count, a wholesale network provider can monitor a variety of related network status indications and provide to their customers increased insight into the nature of the service level rejections that they experience. Existing service level agreement processors can be equipped with the additional functionality of calculating the virtual call count to form an apparatus for normalizing service level agreements.
Unsolicited grants are allocated a selected time interval for scheduling transmission of audio packets at a network endpoint. A network processing node switches from outputting unsolicited grants to polling for packet transmission requests when Voice Activity Detection (VAD) at the transmitting endpoint stops generating audio packets. The network processing node switches back to outputting unsolicited grants when the endpoint resumes generation of audio packets. The unsolicited grants include one or more additional grants within the selected time interval that flush out one or more audio packets that may already be queued for transmitting. These additional grants reduce the latency normally caused when Voice Activity Detection (VAD) stops and then restarts audio packet transmission.
A method for deploying an application to client computers across a computer network is operative in a server environment in which given conditions, such as network load and actual or relative time-of-day, are being monitored. The method begins by establishing at least one rule for determining which of a given set of application versions are to be served to a client computer, and by establishing at least one user profile for determining which of a given set of users have a given priority. In response to a request from a client computer to serve the application, the rule is resolved against the monitored conditions and the user profile to select an application version to serve to the client computer. The application version is then served to the client computer.
Method and apparatus for service level agreement formation and management is described. More particularly, a service level agreement (SLA) manager is described. This SLA manager comprises an admission controller, a specification module and a performance measurement module. Such SLA manager is interposed between one or more client computer systems and a service provider computer system.
