Method and system for determining the use and non-use of software programs
US7197431B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/865
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for auditing software systems by monitoring the use and non-use of software programs in a computer. An operating system of the computer controls execution of software products through the invocation of respective load modules thereof. A monitor is periodically triggered to collect load module execution information, which is filtered by a filtering module, and a correlator correlates load module execution information with data that associates load module names with corresponding software products and develops a list of products executed in the computer over the course of a given time period.
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