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US 8,413,129 B1Granted
Application repair system, method, and computer program product for generating an alert based on information describing at least one update
AssigneeMcAfee, Inc.
InventorsRajesh Shinde, Srikanth Chowdary Marri
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for generating an alert based on information describing at least one update associated with an application to be repaired. In operation, a request to repair an application is received. Additionally, information describing at least one update associated with the application is identified. Furthermore, an alert is generated based on the information.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to repair a corrupt application;
- identifying, by a processor, information describing at least one previously installed update associated with the corrupt application;
- identifying, by the processor, at least one repair to be made to the corrupt application, wherein the at least one repair comprises returning the corrupt application to a previously working state;
- presenting an alert based on the information, wherein the alert includes information on an update of the at least one previously installed update associated with the corrupt application to be deleted as a result of the at least one repair;
- presenting information about the at least one repair to be made to the corrupt application;
- presenting an option to preserve the update to be deleted;
- and
- performing, by the processor, the repair to the corrupt application and deleting the preserved update in conformance with the option.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to:
- receive a request to repair a corrupt application;
- identify information describing at least one previously installed update associated with the corrupt application;
- identify at least one repair to be made to the corrupt application, wherein the at least one repair comprises returning the corrupt application to a previously working state;
- present an alert based on the information, wherein the alert includes information on an update of the at least one previously installed update associated with the corrupt application to be deleted as a result of the at least one repair;
- present information about the at least one repair to be made to the corrupt application;
- present an option to preserve the update to be deleted;
- and
- perform the repair to the corrupt application and deleting the preserved update in conformance with the option.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.