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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Ashish Parikh, Issaquah, WA (US);
Henry Lyons, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Van Snellenberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Olga Ivanova, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Chabukswar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Lam, Fall City, WA (US);
Ashish Parikh, Issaquah, WA (US);
Henry Lyons, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Van Snellenberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Olga Ivanova, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Chabukswar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rohan Lam, Fall City, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A usage data collection and evaluation mechanism may collect usage information from various sources and summarize the usage information to determine a role for a system. The role and usage information may be transmitted to a centralized server for aggregation and analysis. The collection and transmission of usage data may be governed by and conform to a privacy agreement and may be collected when an end user agrees to such collection. Role determination may be performed using data collected from a single device, multiple devices, or from a network monitoring system. The usage data collection and evaluation mechanism may determine an installed role base and any changes in the installed role base since a previous report.