20100017794 | OPERATING SYSTEM PATCH METADATA SERVICE AND PROCESS FOR RECOMMENDING SYSTEM PATCHES - A system for providing computer operating system updates includes a service provider facility including a service provider server and a patch database storing patch metadata related to the computer operating system updates, a customer facility including a customer server and at least one operating system node, and an original equipment manufacturers facility communicatively coupled to the customer facility, wherein the customer server accesses a list of available computer operating system updates through the service provider server based upon a customer's subscription with the service provider to download the computer system updates from the original equipment manufacturers facility to the at least one operating system node. | 01-21-2010 |