Automatically resolving conflicts after installation of selected updates in a computer system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665359-B2
Application number	US-201414151329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2014
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

An update installer generates an update display for a user that allows the user to select updates to be applied to a computer system. Conflicts that arise because of application of the updates to the computer system are automatically resolved and the results of the conflict resolution are displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying a first conflict between a customized version of a computer system and an update to the customized version of the computer system;
automatically resolving the first conflict comprising:
conducting a three-way comparison of the customized version of the computer system, a base version of the computer system that is different than the customized version, and the update; and
based on the comparison, modifying the customized version of the computer system to automatically resolve the first conflict;

identifying a second conflict between the customized version of the computer system and the update to the customized version of the computer system that has not been automatically resolved;
generating a representation of a conflict resolution result user interface display showing a conflict resolution result corresponding to the automatic resolution of the first conflict and identifying the modification to the customized version, the conflict resolution result user interface display including a user actuatable unresolved indicator representing the second conflict that has not been automatically resolved;
receiving an indication of user actuation of the user actuatable unresolved indicator; and
based on the indication of user actuation of the user actuatable unresolved indicator, generating a representation of a conflict details user interface display that displays details corresponding to the second conflict that has not been automatically resolved.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the customized version of the computer system comprises a user-customized version of the computer system that is customized based on a user-defined customization, and wherein the base version of the computer system comprises a version of the computer system without the user-defined customization.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein automatically resolving the first conflict comprises:
instructing a display device to display an auto resolution user input mechanism that is actuated to selectively enable the automatically resolution of the first conflict;
receiving an indication of user actuation of the auto resolution user input mechanism; and
automatically resolving the first conflict based on the indication of the user actuation.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising:
storing the conflict resolution result on a life cycle system for later access.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , and further comprising:
identifying a plurality of conflicts between the customized version and a set of updates applied to the user customized version; and
automatically resolving a set of the conflicts, wherein generating a representation of a conflict resolution result user interface display showing a conflict resolution result comprises instructing the display device to display resolved indicators corresponding to the set of conflicts that have been automatically resolved.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating a representation of a conflict details user interface display comprises:
navigating the user to a portion of the computer system where the second conflict that has not been automatically resolved exists.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , and further comprising:
based on the indication of user actuation of the user actuatable unresolved indicator, modifying the customized version of the computer system to resolve the second conflict;
wherein the conflict details user interface display identifies details of the resolution of the second conflict.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first conflict comprises a conflict between existing code in the computer system and code in the update.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein automatically resolving comprises performing a code merge of the existing code in the computer system and the code in the update, and wherein the conflict resolution result identifies a result of the code merge.

10. A computer system, comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computer system to:
instruct a display device to display an update selection user interface display with a selection user input mechanism;

receive an indication of a user selection input from the selection user input mechanism that selects an update to be applied to an application;
install the selected update to the application;
identify an unresolved conflict that occurs from applying the selected update to the application;
instruct the display device to display a user actuatable unresolved conflict indicator that corresponds to the unresolved conflict;
receive an indication of user actuation of the user actuatable unresolved conflict indicator; and
based on the indication of user actuation of the user actuatable unresolved conflict indicator,
navigate the user to a portion of the computer system where the unresolved conflict corresponding to the user actuatable unresolved conflict indicator exists; and

instruct the display device to display a conflict resolution user input mechanism that is actuatable by the user to resolve the unresolved conflict.

11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein the identified conflict comprises a conflict between existing code in the computer system and code in the selected update.

12. The computer system of claim 10 wherein the instructions configure the computer system to:
identify a second conflict that occurs from applying the selected update to the application;
automatically resolve the second conflict;
instruct the display device to display a conflict resolution result user interface display showing a conflict resolution result indicating the automatic resolution of the second conflict.

13. The computer system of claim 12 wherein the instructions configure the computer system to:
identify a plurality of conflicts that occur from applying the selected update to the application;
automatically resolve a first set of the identified conflicts, wherein a second set of the identified conflicts are not automatically resolved;
instruct the display device to display a set of resolved indicators, each corresponding to a conflict in the first set that was automatically resolved; and
instruct the display device to display a set of unresolved indicators, each corresponding to a conflict in the second set that remains unresolved.

14. The computer system of claim 13 wherein the set of unresolved indicators each comprise a navigable link which, when actuated by a user, navigates the user to a portion of the application where the corresponding unresolved conflict exists.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a first conflict between existing code in a computer system and update code in an update applied to the computer system;
instructing a display device to display an auto resolution user input mechanism;
receiving an indication of user actuation of the auto resolution user input mechanism;
based on the indication of user actuation of the auto resolution user input mechanism, utilizing a computer processor to automatically modify code in the computer system to resolve the first conflict;
identifying a second conflict between the existing code in the computer system and the update code; and
instructing the display device to display a conflict resolution result user interface display showing a conflict resolution result that ident

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Thomas Satish
• Nachimuthu Arunpriyaa
• Srinivasan Sri
• Bennett Caleb

Classifications

• G06F8/62

  Uninstallation · CPC title

• G06F8/423

  Preprocessors · CPC title

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F9/44552

  Conflict resolution, i.e. enabling coexistence of conflicting executables · CPC title

• G06F16/95

  Retrieval from the web · CPC title