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20120117611 | CONTROLLING INFORMATION DISCLOSURE DURING APPLICATION STREAMING AND PUBLISHING - Various aspects as described herein are directed to systems, method, apparatuses, and software for intercepting requests to copy content, paste content, clip content, cut content, or perform a print screen operation, and either allowing the requested operation to occur or preventing the operation depending upon whether the content is sourced from a streamed application or a non-streamed application, and/or depending upon a streamed application-based policy. This may be performed by, for instance, hooking an appropriate function call to the operating system. | 05-10-2012 |
20130097328 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING FEATURES PROVIDED BY A FIRST PRESENTATION LAYER PROTOCOL IN A SESSION IMPLEMENTED ACCORDING TO A SECOND PRESENTATION LAYER PROTOCOL - A method for enabling a feature provided by a first presentation layer protocol, within a session established according to a second presentation layer protocol includes intercepting, by a hooking component executing on a first machine, a request, by an operating system executing on the first machine, for an indication whether the first machine established a session with a second machine according to a first presentation layer protocol. The method includes determining that the first machine established a session according to a second presentation layer protocol. The method includes identifying a type of a function within the operating system that generated the request for the indication. The method includes indicating that the first machine established the session according to the first presentation layer protocol, responsive to the identification of the type. The method includes enabling functionality provided for use in sessions established according to the first presentation layer protocol. | 04-18-2013 |
20130179673 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A MODIFIABLE MACHINE BASE IMAGE WITH A PERSONALIZED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT IN A COMBINED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for modifying, in a combined computing environment, a machine base image having a personalized desktop environment includes executing an operating system associated with a base disk; intercepting, by a filter driver, an instruction from at least one of a plurality of resources to modify a setting stored in at least one of a file system and a registry, the plurality of resources executing inside an isolation environment; storing, in a delta disk, a copy of the modified setting; restarting the operating system; replacing the setting stored in the at least one of the file system and the registry with the copy of the modified setting stored on the delta disk; and restarting at least one operating system process incorporating the modified setting. | 07-11-2013 |
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20080201705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A system and method for generating a software installation map, also referred to as a dependency map, that involves receiving a first software package comprising at least a first software file and a second software file. The first software file is dependent on the second software file. The method further involves generating a first software element representing the first software file and generating a second software element representing the second software file. The method involves generating a first dependency pointer representing the dependency between the first software file and the second software file. Finally, the software elements are provided in an installation map, and the process repeats for each software file in the first software package. | 08-21-2008 |
20090327470 | SCALING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT USING A STATELESS PROXY - A system for managing system devices including a first managed system, which includes hardware, an operating system executing on the hardware, and an agent management object (AMO) executing on the operating system and configured to obtain first management information about the operating system and the hardware. The system also includes a second managed system, including a first proxy management object (PMO) configured to receive the first management information from the AMO, request second management information about the hardware from the first managed system, receive the second management information from the first managed system, normalize the first management information and the second management information to obtain first normalized management information, and populate a first proxy data model associated with the PMO using the first normalized management information, where the first normalized management information is used to manage the first managed system. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING MANAGED SYSTEMS IN A NETWORK - A method for discovering managed systems in a network including classifying a first managed system associated with a first active Internet Protocol (IP) address in the network using a plurality of network protocols, identifying a set of drivers using the classification, where the set of drivers are configured to obtain first management information about the managed system, obtaining a first set of drivers, populating a data model with the first management information obtain using at least one of the first set of drivers, and managing the first managed system using the data model. | 12-31-2009 |
20090328065 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELEGATED JOB CONTROL ACROSS A NETWORK - A method for job delegation including receiving a job from a user by a first management object, identifying a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, where the data model comprises an object representing the target system, and determining a first nexthop for the target system, where the first nexthop is a second management object. The method also includes placing the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object, where the queue is located in the first management object, receiving the job by the second management object, locating the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object, and executing the job using the driver corresponding to the target system. | 12-31-2009 |
20100268811 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING MANAGED SYSTEMS IN A NETWORK - A method for discovering managed systems in a network including classifying a first managed system associated with a first active Internet Protocol (IP) address in the network using a plurality of network protocols, identifying a set of drivers using the classification, where the set of drivers are configured to obtain first management information about the managed system, obtaining a first set of drivers, populating a data model with the first management information obtain using at least one of the first set of drivers, and managing the first managed system using the data model. | 10-21-2010 |
20110191766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 08-04-2011 |
20110209142 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAPS AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION USING THE SAME - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 08-25-2011 |
20110214119 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS ON A PLURALITY OF PLATFORMS - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225461 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT AND TRACK SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ERRORS - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROLLBACK OF SOFTWARE UPDATES - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231836 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING DEPENDENCIES IN A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SOFTWARE USING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239212 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SOFTWARE INSTALLATION - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246982 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A SOFTWARE REPOSITORY - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 10-06-2011 |
20110258619 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 10-20-2011 |
20120144386 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151468 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING SOFTWARE INSTALLATION USING SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY MAP - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING AND REPAIRING A SOFTWARE INSTALLATION - A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example. | 06-14-2012 |