Patent ID: 8650055
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06Q,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically managing computer assets comprising: in a processing system; discovering presence and identification information of computer assets on a network coupled to the processing system; capturing the license key comprising a product key and Operating System correlated license key for each asset and storing the license key in a remote storage location; performing diagnostic tests on the discovered assets; backing up the data of the discovered assets; restoring Operating System and software with licenses on selected assets by retrieving a license key for each asset to be restored from the remote storage location wherein the license key comprises a product key and Operating System correlated license key, sanitizing each asset, and restoring an original installed Operating System to each asset using the license key of each asset from the remote storage location; sanitizing data storage on non-selected assets; and generating a report that comprises selected assets, diagnostic test results on the selected assets, confirmation of the sanitization of the selected assets, and the Operating System restored to the selected assets.