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Deduction engine to determine what configuration management scoping questions to ask a user based on responses to one or more previous questions

US7912800B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Sattler · Wiesloch, DE
Joachim Gaffga · Wiesloch, DE
Robert Viehmann · Philippsburg, DE
Frank Markert · Großostheim, DE
Steffen Riemann · St. Leon-Rot, DE
Peng Gao · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2006
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/60
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present subject matter relates to configuring computer systems and, more particularly, to a computer system configuration deduction engine. Various systems, methods, and software are described. Some embodiments include determining a scoping question to ask as a function of a response to one or more other scoping questions, wherein possible responses to one or more scoping questions are associated with one or more application configuration packages. Some such embodiments further include selecting one or more application configuration packages for deployment as a function of one or more received scoping question responses.

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