Patent ID: 8825689
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system that identifies components, comprising: a component fingerprint storage configured to memorize known fingerprints of known components; and a processor cooperatively operable with the component fingerprint storage, and configured to facilitate: determining all components included within an unknown component; generating fingerprints for all components determined to be included in the unknown component; determining whether any of the fingerprints generated for the components included in the unknown component match any of the known fingerprints of known components; determining whether the unknown component matches any of the known components based on matching of the known fingerprints of the components included in the unknown component; and preparing a matching confidence value based on matching of the unknown component and all of the components determined to be included in the unknown component to any of the known fingerprints, wherein the matching confidence value expresses a level of confidence that the unknown component and a known component which is associated with a matched one of the known fingerprints are the same.