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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:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Netiq Corporation, Sanford, NC (US);

Inventors:

Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);

Lloyd L. Burch, Provo, UT (US);

Baha Masoud, Orem, UT (US);

Assignee:

NETIQ CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes, by a computer associated with a security reporter, updating a component vulnerability entry blockchain to represent a state of a component vulnerability entry of a software component vulnerability database. The method includes, by the computer, providing the updated component vulnerability entry blockchain to a management authority so that the management authority updates a master blockchain for the software component vulnerability database. The updated master blockchain includes a plurality of component vulnerability entry blockchains, which represent corresponding states of component vulnerability entries of the software component vulnerability database, including the updated component vulnerability entry.


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