Download Mavericks on one Mac and install on another

Just a couple of questions here. From what I read you can do this. My internet is much faster than my sons. So I downloaded Mavericks on my Mac and then went to his house and installed it on his Mac. Clean Install because he has been having some issues with an older iMac. Followed directions on how to do this and installed on a USB flash drive. No problems it all worked.
My question now is how does his Mac recognize Mavericks? It does not show up in his purchases in the App Store. He may need to re-download or who knows what sometime in the future. An how about Updates? All his other purchases such as iPhoto show up fine.

My question now is how does his Mac recognize Mavericks? It does not show up in his purchases in the App Store. He may need to re-download or who knows what sometime in the future. An how about Updates? All his other purchases such as iPhoto show up fine.
No need to re-download. It's not in his Purchases as it was installed via USB.
But, no need to have it show there, he'll get future Update's through ->SoftwareUpdates (you can set notification settings in ->System Preferences->App Store)
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