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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Craig C. Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
Nirmal R. Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rajive Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steve P. Shih, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thanjavur V. G. Prabhu, Redmond, WA (US);
Yasufumi Shiraishi, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig C. Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
Nirmal R. Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rajive Kumar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Steve P. Shih, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thanjavur V. G. Prabhu, Redmond, WA (US);
Yasufumi Shiraishi, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of inventorying software and/or hardware. The method may be practiced for example in a network computing environment including at least one client and at least one server. The method includes requesting a rule file from the server. The rule file is received from the server. Information is gathered about the software and/or hardware at the client based on rules in the rule file. The results of gathering information about the software and/or hardware at the client is sent to the server.