AUTHORIZATION WITH HARMONIZATION DURING WORK OF CUSTOMER INTERFACE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G06F9/445 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: computer-implemented method for updating client software application comprises the steps of: installing a subsequent version of the client software application; performing an update negotiation between a subsequent version of the client software application and a previous version of the client software application, which update negotiation comprises at least receiving in the subsequent version from the previous version the client software status data set to provide a transparent transition to its subsequent version, which reception is carried out after the previous version indicates the readiness for the said transition during execution, when the previous version is in a state of readiness to stop working; registering the component in subsequent version and at the same time perform a runtime validation with respect to a subsequent version to make sure that the subsequent version has been installed correctly while the previous version of client application is executed; and switching the application entry point from the previous version to the subsequent version, when the said validation at runtime is successful.

EFFECT: reducing the operational and time costs associated with updating applications.

20 cl, 5 dwg