Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Updating software based on utilized functions
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Application No.: US15001435Application Date: 2016-01-20
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Publication No.: US09886266B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Andrew M. Garratt , Andrew D. Humphreys , Martin G. Keen , John J. P. McNamara
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Daniel R. Simek
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
In a method for managing updates for a software product, receiving a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device. The method further includes identifying a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update. The method further includes identifying historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the software product update modifies at least one function of the software product that corresponds to historical usage information that exceeds a minimum usage threshold condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160132323A1 UPDATING SOFTWARE BASED ON UTILIZED FUNCTIONS Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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