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Runtime detection of software configurations and upgrades

US9690567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

B. G. Prashanth Bhat · Bengaluru, IN
John Kurian · Bengaluru, IN
Leho Nigul · Schreiber, CA
Hariharan N. Venkitachalam · Savanuru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 27, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of software configuration management, and more particularly to validating, detecting, and dynamically handling software configurations and updates. A computing device detects a configuration event in a first computer program. The computing device includes a plurality of executing computer programs, wherein the plurality of executing computer programs includes the first computer program and a second computer program, and wherein the first computer program has a configurational relationship to the second computer program. The computing program determines whether the configuration event affects the second computer program. The computing device generates an action in response to the determination.

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