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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Pawel Gocek, Lodz, PL;

Piotr Kania, Cracow, PL;

Michal Paluch, Cracow, PL;

Tomasz Stopa, Cracow, PL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/70 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 9/485 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing software discovery by an installer controller is provided and may include detecting, at a computer, an attempt by a software installer to execute on the computer, wherein during execution, the software installer modifies software on the computer. A Software Asset Management (SAM) computer server may be queried for an approval status corresponding to a software package provided by the software installer. The installer controller executes the software installer upon receiving on the returned approval status; aggregates a result from the execution of the software installer based on the software installer modifying the software on the computer; and updates a discovery software signature on the computer when the returned approval status is marked as known.


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