MANAGING SOFTWARE UPDATES AND A SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

Patent №

US 7,478,381

Granted

2009-01-13

Filed 2003

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10737726

The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing software updates. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system and method for facilitating the selection and implementation of software updates while minimizing the bandwidth and processing resources required to select and implement the software updates. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a software update service controls access to software updates stored on servers. In accordance with another aspect, the software update service synchronizes with client machines to identify applicable updates.

AI classification

Planning0.97
AI hardware0.84
Knowledge representation0.80
Evolutionary computation0.04
Machine learning0.01
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 150790145

Assignors

ROBERTS, JASON, MOHAMMED, MAZHAR, WITTEL, WALTER, SHEPARD, MARC

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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