Patent ID: 7203690
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented by a computer, of tracking a configuration of hardware and software of an asset, comprising: receiving, at a server, a request for information indicating the configuration of the hardware and the software of the asset; distributing a query to the asset based on the request; identifying a lifetime for the query based on the request; selectively identifying, at the asset, the information indicating the configuration of the hardware and the software of the asset, based on the query; receiving, at the server, the information indicating the configuration of the hardware and the software of the asset and selectively identified at the asset; creating, at the server, a table based on the information indicating the configuration of the hardware and the software of the asset and selectively identified at the asset; storing the information, indicating the configuration of the hardware and the software for the asset and selectively identified at the asset, in the table; and removing the table based on the lifetime,