Patent · US Active

Software maintenance management

US8176483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

21Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Dorothea Hoefler · Sinsheim, DE
Jan Jansen · Sinsheim, DE
Herbert Stegmueller · Bruchsal, DE
Laicher Karolin · Wiesloch, DE
Xiaolong Chen · Beijing, CN
Chongyao Wang · Shanghai, CN
Xue Bai · Novi, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2005
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/65
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data collection and/or monitoring service residing at a client system collects and sends client system information to a backend system. The client system information is used to update a maintained repository of client system information that is associated with software installed at the client system. The maintained repository is used to determine one or more software update recommendations which are sent to the client system. In response to a trigger event, one or more software updates associated with the update recommendations are automatically downloaded and deployed at the client system. The download and deployment of software updates can be scheduled at the client system.

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