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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Brent Allsop, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Evan Rudolph Zweifel, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Brent Allsop, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Evan Rudolph Zweifel, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation into any given system. Each patch is assigned a ranking based upon how thoroughly it has been tested. Patches that modify the same filesets are organized within a database into tree structures, with the newest patches closest to the tree's root. A recursive function examines all the patches in all the trees relevant to a given system and returns a set of patches recommended for installation.