5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the pattern based translation rule specifies an allowable translation of a pattern of the banner information to value of an attribute of the unique software product identifier.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the pattern based translation rule specifies an allowable translation of a pattern of the banner information to value of an attribute of the unique software product identifier. 6. The method according to claim 5 wherein a translation rule comprises at least one pair of attribute name and an attribute value extracted from the pattern.