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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Hunt Hodge, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gary L. Stephens, Houston, TX (US);
Hunt Hodge, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gary L. Stephens, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a system comprises at least one computer system having a Basic Input/Output System ('BIOS'). The system further comprises means for collecting, via the BIOS, data about usage of at least one hardware component of the at least one computer system. According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises harvesting, from each of a plurality of computer systems, logged data regarding usage of hardware components of the computer systems. The method further comprises generating usage profile for the plurality of computer systems based at least in part on the harvested logged data.