Patent ID: 9009698
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of determining upgrade information for a client computer, comprising: establishing a communication link between the client computer and a server computer; executing an upgrade program to detect a presence or absence of one or more of a plurality of individually specified hardware components of a current hardware configuration of the client computer; comparing at least a portion of the detected hardware configuration with one or more product specifications; identifying an upgrade package for the client computer at least in part in response to the comparing the at least the portion of the detected hardware configuration with the product specification; determining a recommended upgrade package for the client computer based at least in part on a comparison of the detected hardware configuration to a target hardware configuration; and transmitting one or more signals indicative of the recommended upgrade package from the client computer to the server computer without communicating to the server computer the current hardware configuration.