Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Keith R Buck

Robert Campbell

Evan R Zweifel

John R Diamant

Shane Unruh

Robert William Fritz

The present invention provides for precomputing patch solutions for potential user issues. The precomputed patch solutions can include minimum patch solutions and best-like-me patch solutions. Each patch solution can include a patch and a sufficient set of one or more dependencies of that patch.

Pre-computing computer software patch solutions

The present invention provides patch solutions for computer programs. A vendor system determines whether information regarding patches previously installed on the system is available. If the information is not available, the system delivers a completely pre-computed solution to the user computer system including a main patch set and its dependencies. If the information is available, the vendor system delivers a partially pre-computed solution including a main patch set and its dependencies except for any of said patches that have successors already installed on said system.

Selecting patch solutions based on availability of information regarding patches previously installed on user system

A method for updating software is disclosed. The method includes accessing system data associated with a client and determining known issues to be resolved associated with the client based on the system data. The method also includes accessing system update preferences associated with the client, the system update preferences representing a minimum system status level and determining if the client satisfies the minimum system status level based on the update preferences and based on the system data.

System and method for defining software management

The present invention provides a computer system with a chronology generator for generating a chronology for a series of computer configurations.

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Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

Keith R Buck