Patent ID: 8566819

Claim:
A system including a processor and at least one memory, the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor, the instructions configured to cause the processor to reproduce a software configuration of a source client to at least a target client, the system comprising: a software installation map configured to receive a source software manifest from the source client reflecting a source software configuration describing a plurality of source software files residing on the source client; the software installation map further configured to generate a first software installation route describing a plurality of software files, associated a plurality of dependency pointers representing dependencies between each of the plurality of software files and a confidence factor associated with the dependency pointers of the first software installation route, the confidence factor indicating at least a number of a plurality of successful prior installations involving the dependency pointers of the first software installation route, the first software installation route being a function of the source software manifest; and the software installation map further configured to provide the first software installation route to the target client, the first route providing an identification of software files to reproduce the source software configuration of the source client on the target client.