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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:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jorge D. Acuna, Vail, AZ (US);

Ezequiel Cervantes, Tucson, AZ (US);

Nedzad Taljanovic, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/145 (2013.01); H04L 41/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention disclose a system, method and program product for determining the affects of management actions. In an example, a computer determines a connectivity between one or more devices within a management inventory that are connected via a network. The computer determines a connectivity between the one or more devices within the management inventory after a proposed management action. The computer determines the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action. The computer sends a query to the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action for specific impacts of the proposed management action. The computer receives data related to the specific impacts of the proposed management action from the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action.


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