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

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method of providing automated update notifications, the method comprising:
registering an agent as a recipient with a cloud provider for an automated update notification based on an identified hardware configuration and software configuration of a computing device communicating with the cloud provider, wherein the cloud provider provides the automated update notification to the registered agent based on detection of an update item related to an aspect of one or more of the hardware configuration or the software configuration;
receiving a notification at the cloud provider from the agent indicating a change in one or more of the hardware configuration or the software configuration;
updating one or more of the hardware configuration or the software configuration based on the indicated change in the notification;
modifying registration of the agent as the recipient of the automated update notification based on the one or more updated hardware configuration or software configuration;
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.