Software certification and update process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8635609
APP PUB NO 20060184927A1
SERIAL NO

11056292

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An update service is provided for maintaining software of one or more users, or an enterprise. On behalf of users or enterprises, the update service collects information from various software vendors about the certification and updates for their software. Dependencies or issues between the software are determined based on the information collected from the software vendors. A set of applicable updates for particular users or enterprises may then be determined based on the dependencies or issues. The update service may then broker various aspects of the delivery and installation of these updates.

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  • RED HAT, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deblaquiere, Joe Raleigh, US 1 36
Fischer, Donald Cambridge, US 24 1504
Ibanescu, Mihai Cary, US 32 1889
Katz, Jeremy Arlington, US 2 38
Likins, Adrian Raleigh, US 6 208
Woods, Deb Raleigh, US 1 36

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