System and method for optimizing and digitally correcting errors on a computer system

• US 8,799,423 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Consumer Software International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Consumer Software International, Inc.
• Inventors: Thompson, Robert, Duffey, Michael, Sun, Wei, Bursky, Joey J.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US13/384,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20120191968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/221, 709/222, 709/223, 709/226, 370/351, 713/100
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events

Abstract

A method for optimizing a computer system, the method comprising the steps of receiving at least one key corresponding to at least one attribute of at least one configurable computer system; accessing an electronic key database stored in a memory that includes computer configuration information; comparing the received keys with entries in the key database; generating recommendations where the recommendations include commands selected from the group consisting of deleting, Disabling, suspending, changing process priority, and delaying the execution of the attribute corresponding to the key received from the configurable computer system; and transmitting the recommendations to the configurable computer system based upon the comparison of the received keys with entries in the key database.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from at least one configurable computer system, at least one key corresponding to at least one attribute of the at least one configurable computer system;

accessing an electronic key database stored in a memory that includes computer configuration information;

comparing the received keys with entries in the key database;

generating recommendations based upon the comparison of the received keys with entries in the key database, where the recommendations are commands selected from the group consisting of altering, deleting, disabling, suspending, changing process priority of, and delaying the execution of the attribute corresponding to the key received from the at least one configurable computer system; and

transmitting the recommendations to the at least one configurable computer system for execution by the at least one configurable computer system, thereby affecting the attribute of the at least one configurable computer system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving performance data collected from the configurable computer system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the recommendations are generated by a recommendation engine.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

analyzing the performance data using an algorithm; and

modifying the recommendation engine based on the analysis of the performance data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute is selected from the group consisting of a software setting, a hardware setting, a program, an active process, a system resource, and a service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the keys received from the configurable computer systems are received through the internet and the keys are arranged in a key array.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted recommendations are arranged in an array.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the key array is unique for each configurable computer system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed by a server and the configurable computer system is a personal computing device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of

receiving keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems;

and

including entries derived from keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems in the key database.

11. A non-transient computer readable medium containing computer code, the computer code comprising computer code configured to cause a computer to:

receive, from at least one configurable computer system, at least one key corresponding to at least one attribute of the at least one configurable computer system;

access an electronic key database stored in a memory that includes computer configuration information;

compare the received keys with entries in the key database;

generate recommendations based upon the comparison of the received keys with entries in the key database, where the recommendations are commands selected from the group consisting of altering, deleting, disabling, suspending, changing process priority of, and delaying the execution of the attribute corresponding to the key received from the at least one configurable computer system; and

transmit the recommendations to the at least one configurable computer system for execution by the at least one configurable computer system, thereby affecting the attribute of the at least one configurable computer system.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer code is further configured to cause a computer to select the attribute from the group consisting of a software setting, a hardware setting, a program, an active process, a system resource, and a service.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the computer code is further configured to cause a computer to:

receive keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems; and

include entries derived from keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems in the key database.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein

the computer code to cause a computer to generate recommendations comprises a recommendation engine;

and

the computer code further comprises computer code configured to cause a computer to receive performance data collected from the configurable computer system.

15. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the computer code further comprises code configured to cause a computer to:

analyze the performance data using an algorithm; and

modify the recommendation engine based on the analysis of the performance data.

16. A computer system comprising:

a communication device;

a memory; and

a processor configured to,

receive, from at least one configurable computer system, at least one key corresponding to at least one attribute of the at least one configurable computer system;

access an electronic key database stored in a memory that includes computer configuration information;

compare the received keys with entries in the key database;

generate recommendations based upon the comparison of the received keys with entries in the key database, where the recommendations are commands selected from the group consisting of altering, deleting, disabling, suspending, changing process priority of, and delaying the execution of the attribute corresponding to the key received from the at least one configurable computer system; and

transmit the recommendations to the at least one configurable computer system for execution by the at least one configurable computer system, thereby affecting the attribute of the at least one configurable computer system.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems; and

include entries derived from keys corresponding to multiple configurable computer systems in the key database.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the memory includes a recommendation engine module and the processor is configured to generate recommendations via the recommendation engine module.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the memory includes a performance analyzing module that utilizes an algorithm and the processor is further configured to:

receive via the communication device performance data collected from the configurable computer system;

analyze the performance data using a performance analyzing module; and

modify the recommendations derived from the recommendation engine module based on the results derived from the performance analyzing module.

20. The computer system of claim 16 wherein the computer system is a server and the communication device is a modem.