Method for using device enumeration information to identify an operating system running on a computer system
US7574534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Identifying an operating system running on a computer system. In one aspect of the invention, an enumeration pattern is collected, the enumeration pattern describing an enumeration of a device that has been performed between the device and the operating system running on a host computer system. The type of the operating system running on the host computer system is identified based on the collected enumeration pattern.
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