Software and hardware component audit and inventory management system
CA 2344008 C · Owner: O'Halloran, Steve · Inventors: Norrie, Ross; O'Halloran, Steve
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A system for computer device component audit and inventory management operates in a data network and includes an inventory agent installed on a target computer device for detecting and compiling software and hardware inventory data associated with the target device. An inventory-commence message is deployed through an electronic message handling system operable on the data network, which requests inventory data from the inventory agent which then compiles the inventory data into executable language statements for incorporation into a host database accessible by a client . Multiple reports may be generated regarding the inventory data. Fees may not be charged for aggregate inventory data. …
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- Filed April 17, 2001 and granted January 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 2021.
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