Patent ID: 9454647
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing assets on a computing device comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising: obtaining, by the computing device from another computing device over a computer network, one or more relationships between an electronic device and one or more related electronic devices, a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), a support cost for the electronic device, and at least one software license; obtaining, by the computing device, one or more relationship priorities of the one or more relationships, wherein each of the one or more relationship priorities are selected from a group consisting of high, medium and low, and wherein each of the one or more relationship priorities are obtained from a form definition representing the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a computer, wherein the form definition includes a control definition representing a hard drive, and wherein an associated relationship defines a relationship between data representing the computer and data representing the hard drive, and wherein the form definition further includes a contact control definition comprising a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) control; displaying, by the computing device, an icon representing the electronic device; displaying, by the computing device, an icon for each of the one or more related electronic devices, the RMA, the support cost for the electronic device, and the at least one software license; displaying, by the computing device, one or more arrows that connect icons and represent the one or more relationships, wherein each of the one or more arrows is displayed with a high thickness if a corresponding relationship priority is high, a medium thickness if a corresponding relationship priority is medium and a low thickness if a corresponding relationship priority is low; and toggling display of one or more of the icons, comprising hiding all related electronic device icons, RMA icons, support cost icons, and software license icons with a medium-priority relationship in response to a user clicking a medium-priority relationship toggle button while displaying all high and low priority relationship icons.