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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alexander J. Kelly, Romsey, GB;

Alexander D. S. Mirski-Fitton, Winchester, GB;

Edwin P. J. Moffatt, Winchester, GB;

Ross B. Pavitt, Headley, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/325 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for performing a computer program update on a target computer. In an embodiment, a target computer having a location, a user, a computer program, and a computer program update is determined. An expected install duration for installing the computer program update is determined. A social media service associated with the user is monitored. A user location is detected from the social media service and an update time window is estimated based on the user location and the distance that the user is away from the target computer location. A decision is made whether to install the computer program update based on the update time window and the expected install duration.


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