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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2001
Suellen Kae Birkholz, Rochester, MN (US);
Carol Ann Egan, Rochester, MN (US);
Clair L. Ewert, Rochester, MN (US);
James R. Fritsch, Rochester, MN (US);
John David Gressett, Rochester, MN (US);
Lonny R. Olson-williams, Rochester, MN (US);
Suellen Kae Birkholz, Rochester, MN (US);
Carol Ann Egan, Rochester, MN (US);
Clair L. Ewert, Rochester, MN (US);
James R. Fritsch, Rochester, MN (US);
John David Gressett, Rochester, MN (US);
Lonny R. Olson-Williams, Rochester, MN (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for upgrading a software on a customer system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for upgrading a software on a customer system comprises: receiving, by a supplier system, a software inventory from the customer system; verifying one or more business contracts for the software inventory utilizing one or more databases connected to the supplier system; and determining one or more software upgrade releases for the software inventory utilizing a product topology database connected to the supplier system.