公开(公告)号：GB2604007A

公开(公告)日：2022-08-24

申请号：GB202117487

申请日：2021-12-03

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： JEFFERSON TAN ,  BRUNO DE ASSIS MARQUES ,  LENIN MEHEDY ,  SENGOR KUSTURICA ,  HIDEMASA MUTA

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/36

Abstract: Disclosed is a method that determines the potential impact of software upgrades on a computing device. The method works by detecting the configuration of each device 102(1) – 102(N) on a network 106, including the software and hardware elements present in the devices. Then a query for an upgrade 113 for an application on a device is received. The device configuration 103(1) of the device requesting the update is identified, and other devices that installed the update are identified. The operating history of the behaviour of devices with the update and the profile of the devices are retrieved. The profiles are analysed for hardware and software conflicts with the application, and then determine if the upgrade will potentially cause a failure in the software or hardware present in the first device based operational history of the application and the update in the other devices and the similarity between the profile of the other devices and the device being upgraded. The user is then presented with a recommendation of whether to install the upgrade on their device.