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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Eric Wade Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Nicholas Watkins Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Heather Nicole Sterling, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Wade Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Nicholas Watkins Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Heather Nicole Sterling, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes discovering a resource using a first discovery module, the first discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information known to the first discovery module. The method also includes discovering the resource using a second discovery module, the second discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information not known to the first discovery module. An object associated with the resource is created by the first discovery module if the resource has identifying information known to the first discovery module. In addition, an object associated with the resource is created by the second discovery module if the resource has identifying information not known to the first discovery module.