The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Sunil S. Kadam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tianying Fu, Beaverton, OR (US);
Satish K. Shetty, Beaverton, OR (US);
Michael P. Bacus, Tigard, OR (US);
Sunil S. Kadam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tianying Fu, Beaverton, OR (US);
Satish K. Shetty, Beaverton, OR (US);
Michael P. Bacus, Tigard, OR (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system to facilitate software management by applying network address-sorting rules on a hierarchical directory structure. The system operates by creating a hierarchical directory structure that reflects the logical coupling among computers within an enterprise. This hierarchical directory structure is sorted based on network addresses of the constituent computers of the enterprise. The system establishes a software policy at the root level of the hierarchical directory structure. Individual computers within the enterprise inherit the software policy from the root level of the hierarchical directory structure.