发明名称 Tracking computing systems utilizing software repositories
摘要 A software repository can capture and record an identifier associated with a software package manager accessing the software repository.
申请公布号 US9003400(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.04.07
申请号 US201012955671 申请日期 2010.11.29
申请人 Red Hat, Inc. 发明人 Antill James;Vidal Seth Kelby
分类号 G06F9/445 主分类号 G06F9/445
代理机构 Lowenstein Sandler LLP 代理人 Lowenstein Sandler LLP
主权项 1. A method, comprising: providing, to a software package manager, access to a software repository using a uniform resource locator (URL); receiving, at the software repository, a request to download a software package from the software package manager; capturing, upon access to the URL by the software package manager, an identifier that is assigned by the software package manager, the identifier to be used to track a computing system, wherein the identifier is specific to the software package manager, wherein the identifier comprises a universal unique identifier (UUID), wherein the URL comprises a replaceable field for the identifier and wherein capturing the identifier comprises replacing the replaceable field with the UUID; and recording, by a processor, the identifier at the software repository.
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