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Method and system for identifying and conducting inventory of computer assets on a network

  • US 20080021984A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2006
  • Published: 01/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • (A) one or more clients, each client comprising a scheduling and monitoring agent;

    (B) one or more databases; and

    (C) one or more servers, each server comprising;

    (i) a first server component that performs a plurality of functions comprising (a) receiving requests from at least one of the clients for configuration file verification information and (b) storing in at least one of the databases a log of the requests; and

    (ii) a second server component that is capable of performing a plurality of functions comprising (a) receiving one or more of software inventory information, hardware inventory information, and software metering statistics; and

    (b) storing one or more of the software inventory information, the hardware inventory information and the software metering statistics in at least one of the databases;

    wherein the clients communicate with the servers using hyper-text transfer protocol.

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