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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2003
Vadim Bluvshteyn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Sciacqua, North Bend, WA (US);
Donald J. Munsil, Kirkland, WA (US);
Corneliu Lupu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Maoni Stephens, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark S. Carroll, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven S. Heinz, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Vadim Bluvshteyn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Sciacqua, North Bend, WA (US);
Donald J. Munsil, Kirkland, WA (US);
Corneliu Lupu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Maoni Stephens, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark S. Carroll, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven S. Heinz, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A standard reporting schema to represent applications and other information on a computer in a hierarchical manner, such as via an XML (extensible markup language) file. An agent or engine is provided to inventory a computer for installed applications or services and to output a report, or log file, conforming to the schema standard. A calculation may be performed on a subset of attributes stored in the log file for an application or a service so as generate a signature representing the subset. The signature may be stored with the log file, and may be accessed quickly in a database to determine whether or not the application is a particular application, or, if more particular resources are defined, to determine more specific information, such as whether the application is a particular version or run of the application.