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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Ronald B. Baker, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Ling-ching W. Tai, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Ronald B. Baker, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Ling-Ching W. Tai, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12801 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a system for information technology asset management may include a plurality of data processing systems, and a network connecting the plurality of data processing systems. The system may also include a controller configured to manage the plurality of data processing systems by resolving naming conflicts for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network to a respective master name while also maintaining the alias names for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network.