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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:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Russell S. Rive, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Joshua Rive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Russell S. Rive, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Joshua Rive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dell Marketing USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system is provided of managing a current software item on a managed computer system connectable to a management computer system via a computer network. The method includes identifying, using an agent application, the current software item on the managed computer system, identifying if the current software item is an unauthorized software item; and selectively disabling the unauthorized software item.