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CALCULATION OF A SOFTWARE USAGE METRIC

  • US 20190324878A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2018
  • Published: 10/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for calculation of at least one software usage metric, the software usage metric describing a plurality of software products installed in a computing infrastructure comprising a plurality of computing machines organized into a plurality of computing groups, the method comprising:

  • installing a first set of software products in each computing machine in a first computing group of a plurality of computing groups;

    scanning one computing machine in the first computing group to discover that the first set of software products are installed thereon; and

    calculating an overall usage metric for the first computing group based on a number of computing machines belonging to the first computing group and the discovered first set of software products.

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