Patent ID: 7900202
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device for identifying software, installed on a memory area accessible by the computing device, said software having configuration data stored on the memory area, said method comprising: identifying a set of installation data associated with the software independent of a user selecting a location of the set of installation data, said set of installation data being identified from an installation log or an uninstallation log created when the software was installed on the memory area; deduce from said instillation data deduced data; deducing a set of one or more types of deduced data, said deducing comprising: identifying type-specific data from each type of deduced data; applying type-specific rules to extract text stings from the identified type-specific data of each type of the deduced data; organizing a set of program data as a function of the determining, said program data constituting data belonging to the software; and generating a list based on the organized set of program data; and employing the software as a function of the generated list.