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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Seth Kelby Vidal, Raleigh, NC (US);

James Antill, Bristol, CT (US);

Inventors:

Seth Kelby Vidal, Raleigh, NC (US);

James Antill, Bristol, CT (US);

Assignee:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/44536 (2013.01);
Abstract

An administrator system can generate a version identifier for a computing system based on the software packages installed on a computing system. The version identifier can represent the software packages installed on the computing system. The administrator system can utilize the version identifier to manage a network of computing systems. The administrator system can compare the version identifiers of the computing system to verify that the computing system have the same software packages installed. Likewise, the administrator system can compare the version identifiers of the computing system to a test version identifier.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Vidal, Seth. (2015). Managing a network of computer systems using a version identifier generated based on software packages installed on the computing systems (U.S. Patent No. 8997083). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8997083

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