Patent ID: 8775460
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing a change to a computer program in a computer system, said method comprising the steps of: receiving notification of a changed computer program in said computer system; determining, by automatically querying configuration files of said changed computer program, one or more first servers which said changed computer program accesses to perform one or more functions, wherein said querying is performed by running one or more agent programs in said one or more first servers, and wherein said determining of said one or more first servers which said changed computer program accesses includes determining a type of operating system utilized by said one or more first servers; determining one or more other computer programs in one or more other servers which access said one or more first servers, wherein said determining of said one or more computer programs in said one or more other servers is performed by running one or more other agent programs in said one or more other servers that automatically query configuration files of said changed computer program, and wherein said determining of said one or more computer programs in said one or more other servers which access said one or more first servers includes determining a type of operating system utilized by said one or more other servers; and generating a notification of said changed computer program to one or more interested owners of said one or more first servers and said one or more other servers determined to access said changed computer program in said computer system.