Patent ID: 8458098
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking remote software installations at a central server, the method comprising: receiving, by a central server, an installation message over a network from a user device wherein the installation message indicates an installation of software at the user device; after receiving the installation message from the user device, creating an installation code, by the central server, responsive to receiving the installation message, wherein the installation code uniquely identifies installation of the software at the user device; transmitting, by the central server, the installation code over the network to the user device; storing, by the central server, the installation code; receiving, by the central server, a first timestamp and a second timestamp; storing, by the central server, the first timestamp and the second timestamp wherein the first timestamp includes a time of installation at the user device and wherein the second timestamp includes a time of registration of the software at the user device; and calculating, by the central sever, a delay between installation and registration of the software at the user device using the first time stamp and the second time stamp.