Patent Application Number: 2009200584
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CLAIM 1

A software maintenance system for managing a software distribution system for distributing a software package to one or more target machines, the software distribution system comprising a plurality of software distribution parts, wherein at least one of the software distribution parts is provided at each target machine for receiving the software package, the software management system comprising: a software maintenance server for receiving a software package for updating one or more target machines, the software maintenance server configured to: define at least target machines for download of the software package; and provide the software package to the software distribution system; and at least one software maintenance unit for each software distribution part for acting as an interface between the software maintenance server and each software distribution part, each software maintenance unit configured to control the respective software distribution part to achieve distribution of the software package to each target machine via the respective software distribution part.

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Mark Webbink (over 2 years ago)
Regarding Claim 1 - Every element of this claim appears to exist in Red Hat's Red Hat Network - Satellite. That system consists of a satellite server that receives provisioning (installation and updating information) from a central maintenance system and then automatically pushes the installation and update information to target machines based on their profiles. The satellite servers are stationed at customer sites to manage all of the machines on the network. more...