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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Brian Edward Fox, Goffstown, NH (US);
Joel Orlina, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Brian Edward Fox, Goffstown, NH (US);
Joel Orlina, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Sonatype, Inc., Fulton, MD (US);
Abstract
A computer system is provided, comprising: a transceiver; and a processor configured to facilitate: collecting and storing information related to a software project having one or more software artifacts, the information including: a project identifier, artifact identifiers for the artifacts used by the project, information about the temporal version for the artifacts, and contact information for a project user; collecting, from a repository, artifact metadata associated with the software artifacts, the artifact metadata including: information identifying the artifact, information about security risks associated with the artifact, information about a license associated with the artifact, or information indicative of a level of use or user rating of the artifact; periodically monitoring the metadata to determine whether there has been any actionable change in the artifact metadata; and notifying the project user using the contact information if it is determined that there has been an actionable change in the artifact metadata.