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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:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nnaemeka I. Emejulu, Austin, TX (US);

Andrew J. Lavery, Austin, TX (US);

Mario A. Maldari, Lyons, CO (US);

Karthikeyan Ramamoorthy, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/452 (2018.02); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism is provided for use with a set of images including a first image, with each image of the set of images respectively representing a computer and respectively including software and configuration settings data. The mechanism deploys a plurality of first image instantiations of the first image for respective use by a plurality of users. The mechanism tracks use of the plurality of first image instantiations to create a historical usage data set indicative of how the plurality of users are customizing the plurality of first image instantiations.


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