US 2019/0095199 A1 · Assigning a Computer to a Group of Computers in a Group Infrastructure

Abstract

Assigning a given computer to a computer group of a set of computer groups. Software components installed on the given computer are scanned, resulting in a list of discovered software components of the given computer. In addition, for each computer group of the set of computer groups, a list of software components most frequently installed on the computers of the computer group is obtained. For each computer group, the list is compared with the list of discovered software components and, based on the comparison, a likelihood that the given computer belongs to the computer group is computed. In case only one of the likelihoods exceeds a threshold, the given computer is assigned to the respective computer group for which the likelihood exceeds the threshold.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for assigning a given computer to a computer group of a set of computer groups, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computer, a list of discovered software components of the given computer;
for at least one computer group of the set of computer groups:
obtaining, by the computer, a first list of software components most frequently installed on computers of the at least one computer group, wherein the first list is unique for all computer groups of the set of computer groups;
and
comparing, by the computer, the first list with the list of discovered software components and, based on the comparison, computing a first likelihood that the given computer belongs to the at least one computer group;
and
in case the first likelihood exceeds a first threshold, assigning, by the computer, the given computer to the at least one computer group for which the first likelihood exceeds the first threshold.

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A computer program product for assigning a given computer to a computer group of a set of computer groups, the computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transient computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive a list of discovered software components of the given computer;
for at least one computer group of the set of computer groups:
program instructions to obtain a first list of software components most frequently installed on computers of the at least one computer group, wherein the first list is unique for all computer groups of the set of computer groups;
and
program instructions to compare the first list with the list of discovered software components and, based on the comparison, program instructions to compute a first likelihood that the given computer belongs to the at least one computer group;
and
in case the first likelihood exceeds a first threshold, program instructions to assign the given computer to the at least one computer group for which the first likelihood exceeds the first threshold.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Assigning a Computer to a Group of Computers in a Group Infrastructure

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Assigning a Computer to a Group of Computers in a Group Infrastructure

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Abstract

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