Patent ID: 8788632
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, performed at an enterprise, for managing a configuration of a device, comprising: building a defined configuration for a device type; determining if an actual configuration of the device matches the defined configuration; associating, based on the determining, the device with at least one group based on a dynamic group rule written to create a hierarchy of groups, the dynamic group rule instructing creation of the at least one group in response to information received about a member of the group that is consistent with at least one membership criterion of the dynamic group rule, the at least one group being created a first time that the at least one membership criterion is met by a member of the at least one group; associating business logic with the device as a result of membership of the device in the at least one group; and running the business logic for the device.