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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Pawel Gocek, Cracow, PL;

Piotr Kania, Cracow, PL;

Michal Paluch, Cracow, PL;

Tomasz Stopa, Cracow, PL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01); G06F 17/30887 (2013.01); G06F 17/30318 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01);
Abstract

A software asset management method comprising storing URL data for each of a first plurality of software entities, obtaining, by means of a first browser plug-in, first data indicative of a URL from which a browser has obtained content, comparing, for at least one of the first plurality of software entities, the URL data of the respective software entity with the first data, and communicating the first data to a first computer other than a computer hosting the browser subject to a first condition that, for each of the first plurality of software entities, the comparing reveals that the first data does not match the URL data of the respective software entity.


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