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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Donald E. Labaj, Northborough, MA (US);
Scott E. Joyce, Foxboro, MA (US);
Timothy Cox, Mendon, MA (US);
Munish T. Desai, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are directed to a method of displaying data storage system widgets to a user within a graphical user interface of a data storage system management application running on a computing device. The method includes (a) during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly calculating, by the computing device, relevancy scores for a plurality of available data storage system widgets based on expected needs of the user, (b) during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly selecting, by the computing device, a set of widgets having the highest calculated relevancy scores from the plurality of available widgets, and (c) during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly displaying the selected set of widgets to the user on a display screen, the displayed widgets each presenting data storage system management data to the user. A computer program product and apparatus are also provided.