Patent ID: 9354902
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a system engram encoding an existing configuration of a target system, the existing configuration including one or more of hardware and software of the target system, the system engram originally acquired by a first processing device and received by a second processing device, the second processing device is specific to a product, the second processing device stores a product engram for the product without having previously received selection of the product insofar as the second processing device is related to the product, such that the second processing device implicitly receives selection of the product via receiving the system engram, the product engram directly encoding a required configuration of the target system for the product to be compatibly installed in relation to the target system, the required configuration including one or more of required hardware and required software within the target system for the product to be compatibly installed in relation to the target system; and comparing, by the second processing device, the system engram with the product engram; outputting, as compatibility information of the product with the target system, results of comparison of the system engram with the product engram, by the second processing device, wherein the first processing device is part of the target system and is a different processing device from the second processing device, and wherein receiving the system engram comprises one of: