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

Claim 0:
1. 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;
registering an agent at the computing device with the cloud provider as a recipient for an automated update notification based on configuration details of the computing device, wherein the cloud provider provides the automated update notification to the registered agent based on detection of an update item, the update item related to an aspect of the configuration details and comprising one or more of an updated hardware compatibility list, a software update, a firmware update, a driver update, or a new or updated relevant article;
identifying the configuration details of the computing device, the configuration details comprising details of a hardware configuration of the computing device and a software configuration of the computing device;
monitoring one or more databases for the update item; and
transmitting the automated update notification to the agent based on detection of the update item in the one or more databases.