Method and system for automatically determining compatible and suitable hardware upgrades for computer hardware

• US 20040133809A1
• Filed: 12/16/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brian Swingle, Franck Delattre, Nathaniel H. Dahl, Paul Langtry
• Original Assignee: Brian Swingle, Franck Delattre, Nathaniel H. Dahl, Paul Langtry
• Inventors: Dahl, Nathaniel H., Delattre, Franck, Langtry, Paul, Swingle, Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/737,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20040133809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2289 by configuration test

Abstract

A method is disclosed including collecting data concerning the attributes of a user computer, transmitting the data to a sever computer via the internet, analyzing the data to determine whether the attributes satisfy a set of requirements, and supplying an analysis report to the user computer concerning whether the attributes of the user computer satisfy the set of requirements. The method may further include displaying the analysis report on a computer monitor of the user computer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting data concerning the attributes of a user computer;

transmitting the data to a sever computer via the Internet;

analyzing the data to determine whether the attributes satisfy a set of requirements; and

supplying an analysis report to the user computer concerning whether the attributes of the user computer satisfy the set of requirements.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising

displaying the analysis report on a computer monitor of the user computer.

3. A method comprising

analyzing data concerning the attributes of a user computer to determine whether the attributes satisfy a set of requirements;

and

supplying an analysis report to an Internet connection concerning whether the attributes of the user computer satisfy the set of requirements.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising

supplying the analysis report to the user computer.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising

displaying the analysis report on a computer monitor of the user computer.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a user computer comprised of a processor which collects data concerning attributes of the user computer; and

and wherein the processor transmits the data to an Internet connection.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising

a server computer;

and

wherein the server computer receives the data from the Internet connection and analyzes the data to determine whether the attributes satisfy a set of requirements; and

wherein the server computer transmits an analysis report to the Internet connection, which indicates whether the attributes satisfy the set of requirements.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein

the user computer is further comprised of a computer monitor;

and

wherein the processor of the user computer causes the analysis report to be displayed on the computer monitor.

9. An apparatus comprising

a server computer;

wherein the server computer receives data from a Internet connection;

wherein the data concerns attributes of a user computer;

and wherein the server computer analyzes the data to determine whether the user computer has attributes which satisfy a set of requirements; and

wherein the server computer transmits an analysis report to the Internet connection, which indicates whether the attributes of the user computer satisfy the set of requirements.

10. A method comprising:

collecting data concerning the attributes of a user computer;

transmitting the data to a sever computer via the Internet;

analyzing the data to determine how the user computer needs to be modified to upgrade the attributes of the user computer; and

supplying an analysis report to the user computer concerning how the user computer needs to be modified to upgrade the attributes of the user computer.