Patent Application Number: 2009200584
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| Summary / Description | A detailed comparison of the various component modules of Red Hat Network that encompass all of the elements of Claim 1. |
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| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
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| URL | http://www.redhat.com/red_hat_n... |
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| Author/Creator | Red Hat, Inc. |
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| Title | Red Hat Network Module Comparison |
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| Publication Date | December 31, 2007 |
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| Publisher | Red Hat, Inc. |
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| Additional Information | The specific publication of the above referenced page occurred at least as early as August 2008; however, the various components of Red Hat Network described on the page were publicly available at least as early as December 31, 2007. |
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Excerpt See itemized listing of components, particularly of the provisioning module. |
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Claims
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.
| Relevance | Red Hat Network embodied all of the principal components of Claim 1 prior to the priority date. |
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