Methods relating to configuration of software

• US 20060155909A1
• Filed: 01/04/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Wu, Yuh-Cherng
• Granted Patent: US 7,624,377 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A method relating to configuration of software includes receiving a request sent from a sender computer system to a recipient computer system. The sender computer system including software that has an unsuccessful configuration. The sender computer system is requesting the recipient computer system to provide a new configuration for the software. In the recipient computer system and upon receiving the request, there is identified a previously recorded unsuccessful configuration that was successfully replaced by a successful configuration. The previously recorded unsuccessful configuration is identified using the unsuccessful configuration. The successful configuration is provided from the recipient computer system to the sender computer system. Another method includes receiving several configurations from several sender computer systems. The configurations are stored in the recipient computer system. The stored configurations may be used as a configuration case base for making recommendations.

Claims

1. A method relating to configuration of software, the method comprising:

receiving a request sent from a sender computer system to a recipient computer system, the sender computer system including software that has an unsuccessful configuration, the sender computer system requesting the recipient computer system to provide a new configuration for the software;

identifying, in the recipient computer system and upon receiving the request, a previously recorded unsuccessful configuration that was successfully replaced by a successful configuration, the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration being identified using the unsuccessful configuration; and

providing the successful configuration from the recipient computer system to the sender computer system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration is identified among several previously recorded unsuccessful configurations that the recipient computer system has received from any of several sender computer systems.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein identifying the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration comprises determining which of the several previously recorded unsuccessful configurations is most similar to the unsuccessful configuration.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the recipient computer system also receives successful configurations from any of the sender computer systems.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising providing a recommendation to the sender computer systems, the recommendation being based on at least one of the successful configurations.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient computer system receives the unsuccessful configuration before receiving the request.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the unsuccessful configuration comprises several parameters for configuring the software, wherein at least some of the parameters are provided with values in the unsuccessful configuration.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration is identified based on a similarity in the values of the unsuccessful configuration.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration is identified based on a similarity in the parameters that are provided with values in the unsuccessful configuration.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the successful configuration comprises identifying, to the sender computer system, at least one change to be made in the unsuccessful configuration.

11. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request sent from a sender computer system to a recipient computer system, the sender computer system including software that has an unsuccessful configuration, the sender computer system requesting the recipient computer system to provide a new configuration for the software;

identifying, in the recipient computer system and upon receiving the request, a previously recorded unsuccessful configuration that was successfully replaced by a successful configuration, the previously recorded unsuccessful configuration being identified using the unsuccessful configuration; and

providing the successful configuration from the recipient computer system to the sender computer system.

12. A method relating to configuration of software, the method comprising:

receiving several configurations, each of the configurations being sent from one of several sender computer systems to a recipient computer system upon software being configured in the sender computer system; and

storing the configurations in the recipient computer system.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a recommendation to any of the sender computer systems.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the recommendation is based on at least one of the configurations that resulted in the software being successfully configured.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the recommendation is based on at least one of the configurations that resulted in the software being unsuccessfully configured, the at least one of the configurations having been successfully replaced by a successful configuration, wherein the recommendation comprises providing the successful configuration to any of the sender computer systems.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the several configurations are stored in the recipient computer system such that a comparison can be made between a newly received unsuccessful configuration and the several configurations.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the newly received unsuccessful configuration comprises several parameters for configuring the software, wherein at least some of the parameters are provided with values in the newly received unsuccessful configuration.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the comparison involves determining a similarity in the values of the newly received unsuccessful configuration.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the comparison involves determining a similarity in the parameters that are provided with values in the newly received unsuccessful configuration.

20. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving several configurations, each of the configurations being sent from one of several sender computer systems to a recipient computer system upon software being configured in the sender computer system; and

storing the configurations in the recipient computer system.