Patent ID: 8407687
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) storing at least one patch fingerprint at a package computer; (b) downloading the at least one patch fingerprint from the package computer to a repository component of an update server; (c) sending the at least one XML metadata query from the update server to a first target computer; (d) scanning the first target computer via a discovery agent located on the first target computer, (e) sending the target computer information to the repository component located on the update server; (f) storing the target computer information in the repository component located on the update server; (g) comparing, at the update server, at least a portion of the target computer information with at least one of the patch fingerprints; (h) determining, at the update server, in response to the comparing step (g), whether the specific software update is absent from the first target computer; (i) downloading, in response to the determining step (h), the specific software update to the update server; and (j) downloading, in response to the determining step (h) or the downloading step (i), the specific software update from the update server to the first target computer.