The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Stephen G. Graham, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Thomas Maguire, Brewster, NY (US);
David Stephen Reiner, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Nick, West Park, NY (US);
John D. Hushon, Jr., Medfield, MA (US);
Cornelia R. Davis, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jurgen Leschner, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark Venguerov, Westmount, CA;
Stephen G. Graham, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Thomas Maguire, Brewster, NY (US);
David Stephen Reiner, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Nick, West Park, NY (US);
John D. Hushon, Jr., Medfield, MA (US);
Cornelia R. Davis, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jurgen Leschner, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark Venguerov, Westmount, CA;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A configuration management database system includes a plurality of configuration items. Each of the configuration items includes at least one property relating to a component of an IT system. The system also includes a plurality of intensional category definitions that provide dynamic categorization of the plurality of information items. Each of the intensional category definitions includes a predicate that is operable to identify an input one of the configuration items as a member of the category based on the at least one property in the input one of the configuration items. The configuration management database system also includes at least one pre-computed category membership data structure to support efficient processing of at least one query.