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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Naga A. Ayachitula, Elmsford, NY (US);
Melissa J. Buco, Amawalk, NY (US);
Lalitha P. Kamesam, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
David M. Loewenstern, New York, NY (US);
Larisa Shwartz, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Christopher Ward, Glen Ridge, NJ (US);
Naga A. Ayachitula, Elmsford, NY (US);
Melissa J. Buco, Amawalk, NY (US);
Lalitha P. Kamesam, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
David M. Loewenstern, New York, NY (US);
Larisa Shwartz, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Christopher Ward, Glen Ridge, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for configuring multiple lifecycles, and associating each lifecycle with one or more subcategories of items includes receiving a request for a state change for an item in a current state; determining if the item's current state exists in the located lifecycle; wherein if the current state does not exist in the located lifecycle, the current state is updated with a series of update rules; determining if the current state has flags; wherein the flags are checked for one or more protection rules; generating a list of target states; receiving a user selected target state from the generated list; checking the selected target state for one or more associated protection rules; recording a state change for the selected target state in response to the satisfaction of the one or more associated protection rules, and if no protection rules are found; and propagating the state change.