Patent ID: 7743365
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a capability indicator level of a computer product, the method comprising: receiving, in a computer system, a request from an entity for evaluation of the computer product; using the computer system to perform an analysis on the computer product, wherein the analysis comprises determining an inventory of a plurality of hardware components of the computer product and assigning a respective rating level to each hardware component of the plurality of hardware components of the computer product; and assigning a capability indicator level to the computer product by the computer system based on said analysis and based on a type of application to which the capability indicator level is applicable, wherein the type of application is one of a plurality of different types of applications, each type of application associated with a respective rating system that considers a respective subset of the plurality of hardware components of the computer product, wherein assigning the capability indicator level comprises identifying the hardware component having a lowest rating level of the respective subset of the plurality of hardware components considered by the respective rating system associated with the type of application to which the capability indicator level is applicable having a lowest rating level.