Patent ID: 7831966

Claim:
An automated patch detection notification process for use in an information management system, the process including: (a) for each application that is comprised in an included application server, populate a corresponding set of objects of interest; (b) for each application, store the corresponding set of objects of interest; (c) for each application, create an object list file which includes the set of objects of interest corresponding to the each application; (d) for each application, pull the corresponding object list file and store the corresponding set of objects of interest included therein in the application server, thus forming pulled and stored sets of objects of interest; (e) receive a patch for a target application comprised in the application server; (f) identify the set of objects of interest corresponding to the target application as comprised in the pulled and stored sets of objects of interest, thus forming an identified set of objects of interest; (g) for each object in the identified set of objects of interest, determine a corresponding first state in the target application; (h) install the patch in the target application; (i) for each object in the identified set of objects of interest, determine a corresponding second state in the target application; (j) for each object in the identified set of objects of interest, compare the each object's first and second states in the target application; and (k) for each object in the identified set of objects of interest, when the each object's first and second states in the target application differ, notify one or more interested parties.