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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Alessandro Capomassi, Rome, IT;
Alessandro Terenzi, Ceccano, IT;
Rosario Gangemi, Lavinio, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
Marcello Vitaletti, Rome, IT;
Alessandro Capomassi, Rome, IT;
Alessandro Terenzi, Ceccano, IT;
Rosario Gangemi, Lavinio, IT;
Luigi Pichetti, Rome, IT;
Marcello Vitaletti, Rome, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a corresponding apparatus for inventorying software products on a plurality of computer are proposed. The inventorying system aims at populating a software catalogue without the manual intervention of an administrator. The present invention reduces the cost of producing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge base (the catalogue) which contains definitions of software products and the related signature. Information about software products and their related signature is obtained through a process which gathers information from a potentially very large collection of computers. Any occurrence of a group of identical files across multiple computers is considered a reliable indicator that they belong to the installation footprint of a product.