Controlling a discovery component, within a virtual environment, that sends authenticated data to a discovery engine outside the virtual environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9497187
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14569698

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A discovery bundle component is applied in a virtual image deployed within a virtual environment, wherein the discovery bundle automatically discovers asset information about one or more application bundles applied to the virtual image. The discovery bundle component sends, to a discovery product service, the asset information wrapped with a trusted signed certificate for the discovery product service, wherein the discovery product service is located outside the virtual environment.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Griffith, John A Austin, US 8 62
Rhames, Daniel P Austin, US 3 29
Riedel, Philip R Cary, US 7 47
Schmidt, David L Cary, US 28 371

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