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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Bruce Bowman, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles C. Scheinost, Forest Knolls, CA (US);
Mike Harris, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Amit Kishnani, Foster City, CA (US);
Matthew Hamlin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce Bowman, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles C. Scheinost, Forest Knolls, CA (US);
Mike Harris, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Amit Kishnani, Foster City, CA (US);
Matthew Hamlin, San Francisco, CA (US);
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically inventorying a plurality of devices is disclosed herein. A secure, trusted connection is established between a remote device each device of a plurality of devices. The remote device automatically extracts device information from each device of the plurality of devices. The remote device creates an inventory of the plurality of devices based on the extracted device information. The remote device automatically maintains the inventory including automatically extracting at least updated device information associated with an update event of the first device.