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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jehad Affoneh, Redmond, WA (US);

Andrey Belokrylov, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input command requests and present suggestions for command actions or command objects. An action request is received within a datacenter management user interface and a first command suggestion is provided. The first command suggestion includes one or more placeholder object categories. A first suggested object is identified according to a received object property and the action request. The object property can be CPU utilization, disk space, memory, uptime, version, software type, geographic location, keyword, or name. In response to receiving the action request, the first suggested object is determined to be compatible with the action request. In response to identifying the first suggested object is compatible with the received object property and the action request, a second command suggestion is provided. The second command suggestion includes the first suggested object.


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