Remote discovery and system architecture
First Claim
1. A method for consolidating computing devices, comprising:
- sending a discovery agent over a network connection to at least one computing device;
receiving a first data set from the discovery agent indicative of characteristics of the at least one computing device;
displaying, on a display of a user computing device, at least one difference between the first data set and a second data set, wherein the second data set is from a second computing device other than the at least one computing device that was the source of the first data set and the first data set comprises information indicative of at least one application resident on the at least one computing device and the second data set comprises information indicative of at least one application resident on the second computing device;
installing a version of the at least one application resident on the at least one computing device on the second computing device;
removing at least one application resident on the at least one computing device; and
removing the discovery agent from the at least one computing device.
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Abstract
Sending a discovery agent to a computing device determines the services provided by that first computing device. As a result, a first set of information is received from the agent that provides information indicative of the services provided by the computing device. That information can then be compared to other information, either from the same computing device at a different point in time, or from a second computing device. The other information is indicative of services performed by that computing device at a different point in time or the second computing device. From that, services provided by the computing device that were previously different on the first computing device or that are not available on the second computing device can be determined.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for consolidating computing devices, comprising:
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sending a discovery agent over a network connection to at least one computing device; receiving a first data set from the discovery agent indicative of characteristics of the at least one computing device; displaying, on a display of a user computing device, at least one difference between the first data set and a second data set, wherein the second data set is from a second computing device other than the at least one computing device that was the source of the first data set and the first data set comprises information indicative of at least one application resident on the at least one computing device and the second data set comprises information indicative of at least one application resident on the second computing device; installing a version of the at least one application resident on the at least one computing device on the second computing device; removing at least one application resident on the at least one computing device; and removing the discovery agent from the at least one computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of consolidating services performed on a first and second computing device to a second computing device, comprising:
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sending a discovery agent to the first computing device to determine a plurality of services provided by the first computing device; receiving a first set of information from the discovery agent indicative of the plurality of services provided by the first computing device; comparing the first set of information to a second set of information indicative of a plurality of services provided by a second computing device to determine at least one service provided by the first computing device that is not available on the second computing device; changing the services performed by the second computing device to include the at least one service of the plurality of services provided by the first computing device that is not available on the second computing device; removing at least one service of the plurality of services provided by the first computing device; and removing the discovery agent from the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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