Peer-assisted deployment of resources in a network

US9300535B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9300535-B2
Application numberUS-201414185549-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 20, 2014
Priority dateFeb 20, 2014
Publication dateMar 29, 2016
Grant dateMar 29, 2016

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In particular embodiments, a server computing device receives one or more inputs specifying a software module and one or more portions of a network. Each of the portions of the network includes multiple client devices. For each of the client devices in a portion of the network, the server computing device determines whether the client device meets one or more criteria. For at least one portion of the network having a client device meeting the one or more criteria, the server computing device selects the client device as a master device and provides the software module to the master device. The master device is operable to download the software module from one or more server computing devices, provide the software module to the other client devices in the portion of the network, and provide status information to the server computing device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: managing by a device manager deployment of one or more resources from a repository; for each of one or more portions of a network, for each of a plurality of client devices in the one or more portions of the network, determining whether one or more of the plurality of client devices meets one or more criteria; storing the one or more of the plurality of client devices that meet one or more criteria as one or more candidate devices in…

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What does patent US9300535B2 cover?
In particular embodiments, a server computing device receives one or more inputs specifying a software module and one or more portions of a network. Each of the portions of the network includes multiple client devices. For each of the client devices in a portion of the network, the server computing device determines whether the client device meets one or more criteria. For at least one portion …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Popli Sumit, Shah Jigar, Dell Products Lp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L41/0816. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).