Patent ID: 11893411
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A system, comprising one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a method of providing automated update notifications, the method comprising:
receiving, by a cloud provider, a request to manage updates for a computing device communicating with the cloud provider via a network;
identifying a hardware configuration of the computing device, a software configuration of the computing device, and a network configuration of the computing device;
subscribing an agent as a recipient for an automated update notification with the cloud provider based on the hardware configuration, the software configuration, and the network configuration, wherein the cloud provider provides the automated update notification to the subscribed agent based on detection of an update item related to an aspect of one or more of the hardware configuration, the software configuration, and the network configuration;
monitoring one or more databases for the update item; and
providing the agent with the automated update notification when a subscribed to update is detected based on detection of the update item in the one or more databases.