Event Notifications of Program Landscape Alterations

• US 20110029614A1
• Filed: 07/29/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Winkler, Steven T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A first computer system is monitored for alterations of a program landscape which includes multiple applications configured to operate on the first computer system. An alteration of the program landscape is detected and aspects of the alteration of the program landscape are determined. A catalog of additional computer systems which are associated with the first computer system is accessed. That a second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems should receive an event notification is determined. An event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape is generated. The event notification including the event information is sent from the first computer system to the second computer system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring a first computer system for alterations of a program landscape, the program landscape including multiple applications configured to operate on the first computer system;

detecting an alteration of the program landscape;

determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape;

accessing a catalog of additional computer systems which are associated with the first computer system;

determining that a second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems should receive an event notification;

generating an event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring the first computer system for alterations of the program landscape includes at least one of:

monitoring the first computer system for installation of a new application, or

monitoring the first computer system for a change to an version of an existing application.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein monitoring the first computer system for installation of a new application includes monitoring a registry of an operating system for the addition of a new entry.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes determining a name of an application.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

generating the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes generating the event notification as including the determined name of the application; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including the determined name of the application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes determining a time of the alteration of the program landscape.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein:

generating the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes generating the event notification as including the determined time of the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including the determined time of the alteration of the program landscape.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes determining a type of activity related to the alteration of the program landscape.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein:

generating the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes generating the event notification as including the type of activity related to the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including the type of activity related to the alteration of the program landscape.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes determining a physical location related to the alteration of the program landscape.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein:

generating the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes generating the event notification as including the physical location related to the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including the physical location related to the alteration of the program landscape.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes determining an identity of an operator involved in the alteration of the program landscape.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein:

generating the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape includes generating the event notification as including the identity of the operator involved in the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including the identity of the operator involved in the alteration of the program landscape.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing notification criteria, wherein determining the second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems should receive the event notification includes determining that the second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems meets criteria of the accessed notification criteria.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein determining that the second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems meets criteria of the accessed notification criteria includes determining that the alteration of the program landscapes relates to type of business or activity of which the second computer system is also related.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer-implemented method is performed entirely at the first computer system.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape from the first computer system to a server.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein:

the server performs the accessing of the catalog of additional computer systems which are associated with the first computer system;

the server performs the determining that the second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems should receive an event notification;

the server performs the generating of the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape; and

the server performs the sending of the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising, determining, at the server, additional information to be included in the event notification, wherein:

generating the event notification includes generating the event notification as including;

information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape received from the first computer system, and

the additional information determined at the server; and

sending the event notification to the second computer system includes sending the event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration and the additional information to the second computer.

20. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method comprising:

monitoring a first computer system for alterations of a program landscape, the program landscape including multiple applications configured to operate on the first computer system;

detecting an alteration of the program landscape;

determining aspects of the alteration of the program landscape;

accessing a catalog of additional computer systems which are associated with the first computer system;

determining that a second computer system of the accessed catalog of additional computer systems should receive an event notification;

generating an event notification including information corresponding to the determined aspects of the alteration of the program landscape; and

sending the event notification including the event information from the first computer system to the second computer system.