Patent ID: 9239857
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer server comprising at least one element of hardware, the computer server programmed with instructions to perform a method, the method comprising: discovering information describing a plurality of resources other than the computer server, the information being obtained from a plurality of sources comprising a computer network service; storing the information in a configuration management database, the configuration management database enabled to reconcile descriptions of the same resources obtained from different ones of the sources into one description; receiving at least one user-entered search criterion in a service model editor to locate at least one of the plurality of resources, wherein the service model editor comprises a graphical user interface (GUI); searching the configuration management database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion; sending for graphical display in the service model editor at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service using information obtained through searching, the portion of the service model comprising at least two resources of the plurality of resources; receiving a user-entered impact relationship in the service model editor, the impact relationship relating to the portion of the service model; and updating the information in the configuration management database to reflect the impact relationship.