System, computer program product and method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system
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1. A method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system comprising the steps of:
- determining whether one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated on the computer system;
automatically collecting, if one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated, metadata of each one of the application programs that has been newly installed or updated; and
storing the collected metadata in a metadata master file.
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Abstract
A system, computer program product and method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system are provided. A check is generally performed to determine whether metadata of an application program is to be collected. If so, the metadata is automatically collected and stored. The collected metadata may be provided to a system managing the computer system upon request. The check may be performed periodically. If the check is performed periodically, however, it is always performed before providing metadata to the managing system.
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1. A method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system comprising the steps of:
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determining whether one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated on the computer system;
automatically collecting, if one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated, metadata of each one of the application programs that has been newly installed or updated; and
storing the collected metadata in a metadata master file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system comprising:
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code means for determining whether one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated on the computer system;
code means for automatically collecting, if one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated on the computer system, metadata of each one of the application programs that has been newly installed or updated; and
code means for storing the collected metadata in a metadata master file. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system being capable of automatically collecting metadata of application programs installed thereon comprising:
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at least one storage device for storing code data; and
at least one processor for processing the code data to determine whether one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated thereon, to automatically collect, if one or more application programs have been newly installed or updated thereon, metadata of each one of the application programs that has been newly installed or updated, and to store the collected metadata in a metadata master file. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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