Patent ID: 9426028
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of configuring a computing system to delay a system update, the method comprising: receiving, by an update management module, an update descriptor associated with an available system update, the update descriptor including information identifying a targeted system configuration to be updated by the available system update; determining, by the update management module, whether the available system update should be blocked; responsive to determining that the available system update should be blocked, determining, by the update management module, whether the computing system can be reconfigured such that the computing system does not operate using the targeted system configuration; and responsive to determining that the computing system can be reconfigured such that the computing system does not operate using the targeted system configuration, reconfiguring, by the update management module, the computing system to operate without using the targeted system configuration.