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System and method for collecting installed software application data

US8490076B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

32Claims

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Assignee

CA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Wolf · Augsburg, DE
Matthias Roth · Lambach, DE
Gerhard Scholand · Paderborn, DE
Achim Recksiek · Soest, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2007
Grant date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/148
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for collecting installed application data from a computer system. The method includes scanning a file system of the computer system to produce file system data, and scanning an installed application database of the computer system to produce installed application data. The method further includes collecting system information associated with the computer system. The method still further includes combining the file system data, the application data, and the system information to produce an output file.

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