Patent ID: 8447737
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating a previous state of a configuration item, the method executed by one or more processors configured to perform a plurality of operations, the operations comprising: receiving a user request for a previous state of a configuration item, wherein the user request includes one or more search parameters, the one or more search parameters including one or more of: determining a current state of the configuration item in response to the user request, wherein the current state of the configuration item includes one or more current values of one or more attributes associated with the configuration item; retrieving one or more records associated with the configuration item from a log of records based on the one or more search parameters in the user request, creating a previous state of the configuration item based on the one or more retrieved records by applying the one or more changes from the one or more retrieved records to the one or more current values of the one or more attributes associated with the configuration item to provide one or more previous values of the one or more attributes associated with the configuration item.