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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:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Kathryn H. Britton, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nicholas D. Butler, Romsey, GB;
Peter J. Brittenham, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Brent A. Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn H. Britton, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nicholas D. Butler, Romsey, GB;
Peter J. Brittenham, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Brent A. Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5061 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composite manager may include a set of managers virtualized as a single entity. The composite manager may also include at least one of a module to provide a single manager interface for the set of managers to manage at least one entity, and a module to provide a single manageability interface for the set of managers relative to any managing entity of the composite manager.