Patent ID: 7831412
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining the impact of a new application on the health of a computing system by category, at least a portion of the method being performed by at least one processor of the computing system, the method comprising: detecting the new application; categorizing the new application; performing a first evaluation of the computing system's health; allowing the new application to install on the computing system; after allowing the new application to install on the computing system, performing a second evaluation of the computing system's health; determining the impact of the new application on the health of the computing system by calculating a system-health-impact score for the new application by comparing the results of the second evaluation with the results of the first evaluation; identifying a unique identifier for the new application; transmitting the unique identifier and the system-health-impact score to a server.