US 11,886,551 B2 · Systems and methods for asset management

Abstract

A management system to facilitate improved software asset management includes a management server coupled to a client instance and certain databases. The client instance stores identifiers associated with software programs accessible to users through the client instance. To enable software asset management features, the management server receives the identifiers and determines, based on the certain databases, whether the identifiers are associated with software models of the software programs. Notably, in response to an identifier of a particular software program not being associated with a software model, the management server generates a software model for the particular software program, and further, stores entries or relationships within the certain databases. Thus, the management server may output the software model to the client instance to enable a client to provide attributes to be included in the software model, further improving a quality of the software asset management features accorded by the management system.

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Dependent claims

A hardware system, comprising:

a hardware management server of one or more data centers configured to host one or more client instances, wherein the hardware management server is configured to perform actions comprising:
querying one or more databases to determine that an identifier of a software program from the one or more client instances is not listed in a plurality of identifier entries in the one or more databases, wherein the identifier of the software program is based on or linked to identification information specified by a software publisher;
in response to determining that the identifier is not listed, generating a software model associated with the software program, a placeholder identifier entry, or both, in the one or more databases to associate the identifier with the software model;
receiving one or more attributes associated with the software program from at least one client instance of the one or more client instances;
modifying the software model based on the one or more attributes;
and
performing one or more software asset management operations related to the software program for the one or more client instances based on the software model.

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A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions, wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

querying one or more databases to determine that an identifier of a software program from one or more client instances is not listed in a plurality of identifier entries in the one or more databases, wherein the identifier of the software program is based on or linked to identification information specified a software publisher;
in response to determining that the identifier is not listed, generating a software model associated with the software program, a placeholder identifier entry, or both, in the one or more databases to associate the identifier with the software model;
receiving one or more attributes associated with the software program from at least one client instance of the one or more client instances;
modifying the software model based on the one or more attributes;
and
performing one or more software asset management operations related to the software program for the one or more client instances based on the software model.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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