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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Andreas Dieberger, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sandeep Gopisetty, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Eser Kandogan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cheryl Ann Kieliszewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Roberto C. Pineiro, Mayaguez, PR (US);
Chung-hao Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Dieberger, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sandeep Gopisetty, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Eser Kandogan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cheryl Ann Kieliszewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Roberto C. Pineiro, Mayaguez, PR (US);
Chung-hao Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for interacting with multi-attribute managed resources as groups. The apparatus, system and method identify in a repository one or more groups associated with a target attribute. The apparatus system and method further determine a set of managed resources from the repository wherein each managed resource in a set comprises the same value for the target attribute. The apparatus system and method further associate each set of managed resources with a group. The apparatus system and method may subdivide the groups into sub-groups according to additional attributes possessed by members of each group and may display the groups and sub-groups to summarize and highlight the managed resources of each group and sub-group.