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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Randal L. Bertram, Raleigh, NC (US);

Niraj D. Patel, Austin, TX (US);

Aaron D. Sahlin, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/5027 (2013.01); H04L 47/821 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data handling system includes a managing resource that manages one or more managed resources. The managed resource inherits tags of its managing resource(s). A user of the data handling system may apply tags to a managing resource via a management console. The tags may be applied via a user interface and utilized to organize the managed and managing resources. The tags may be typeless in that the user may assign any type of meaning to any tag. Tags assigned to the managing resource are applied or inherited to the resources it manages. The pattern of inheritance repeats through 'n' generations as managed resources, themselves, can be managing resources.


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