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US 2017/0286095 A1Published application
Software discovery using exclusion
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMonika Grabska, Piotr Kania, Slawomir T. Mezyk, Michal S. Paluch, Grzegorz Poniewozik, Tomasz L. Prudzic, Pawel Slowikowski, Patryk M. Walawender
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Abstract
One or more processors determine that one or more memory locations in a client computing device contain one or more software artifacts that provide a match to a first software signature. One or more processors send instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations against a second software signature.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, that one or more memory locations in a client computing device contain one or more software artifacts that provide a match to a first software signature, wherein the first software signature is associated with a first licensed software;
- based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more memory locations in the client computing device contain the one or more software artifacts, sending, by the one or more processors, instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations against a second software signature;
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- responsive to the sent instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations, providing, by the one or more processors, a reduction in an amount of computer resources required to manage software installed on the client computing device.
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A computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to determine that one or more memory locations in a client computing device contain one or more software artifacts that provide a match to a first software signature, wherein the first software signature is associated with a first licensed software;
- based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more memory locations in the client computing device contain the one or more software artifacts, program instructions to send instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations against a second software signature;
- and
- responsive to the sent instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations, program instructions to provide a reduction in an amount of computer resources required to manage software installed on the client computing device.
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A computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer-readable storage media;
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- program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to determine that one or more memory locations in a client computing device contain one or more software artifacts that provide a match to a first software signature, wherein the first software signature is associated with a first licensed software;
- based, at least in part, on a determination that the one or more memory locations in the client computing device contain the one or more software artifacts, program instructions to send instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations against a second software signature;
- and
- responsive to the sent instructions not to scan the one or more memory locations, program instructions to provide a reduction in an amount of computer resources required to manage software installed on the client computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.