Patent ID: 11928461
Assignee: IVANTI, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of software utilization evaluation in a managed network, the method comprising:
connecting with a software vendor site that sells or develops a software implemented by a managed device in the managed network;
accessing license information for the software;
determining a software parameter for the software based on the license information, wherein the software parameter includes a license term of the software, a cost element of the software, a computing resource requirement of the software, or a managed network preference related to the software;
receiving the software parameter for the software;
obtaining status data of the software on the managed device, the status data indicating whether the software is in use at the managed device at a particular time;
aggregating the status data to determine a software usage of the software at the managed device;
responsive to the software usage being below a usage threshold, generating a software management action, wherein the usage threshold is based at least partially on the software parameter, and wherein the software management action includes an automated uninstall of the software from the managed device; and
responsive to a state existing at a management device, implementing the software management action to remotely modify at least one aspect of the managed device, wherein the existing state at the management device includes initiation of an automated software management process.