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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Wesley Gere, Austin, TX (US);
Olivier Pignault, Leander, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wesley Gere, Austin, TX (US);
Olivier Pignault, Leander, TX (US);
Assignee:
BMC SOFTWARE, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 17/30126 (2013.01); G06F 17/30392 (2013.01); G06F 17/30539 (2013.01); H04L 41/0856 (2013.01); H04L 67/36 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system allows pre-defining CI scope definitions for use by users of a CMDB system. The pre-defined CI scope definitions may be used to expand a starting CI in a graph displaying a portion of the CMDB according to the types of CIs and relationships between CIs defined in the scope definition. The scope definition is converted into one or more CMDB queries that are restricted to a chain of CIs related to the starting CI. The system restricts the visibility of scope definitions to only those applicable to the starting CI.