Patent ID: 7814493
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in response to a converge selection, finding, by a manager, a plurality of duplicate resource identifiers that originate from different applications, wherein the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers are displayed in a user interface on a display device, wherein the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers identify a same resource and wherein the different applications manage the same resource, wherein the finding the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers further comprises finding the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers based on a convergence level option, wherein a first convergence level of the convergence level option requires that the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers comprise identical names and identical domains, and wherein a second convergence level of the convergence level option requires that the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers comprise the identical domains and allows different domains; finding, by the manager, a plurality of duplicate links associated with the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers, wherein the plurality of duplicate links originate from the different applications, and wherein drill-down data of the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers comprise the plurality of duplicate links, and wherein the plurality of duplicate links comprise addresses of plurality of linked information regarding a same sub-resource of the same resource; converging, by the manager, the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers into a first converged interface object that represents the plurality of duplicate resource identifiers; converging, by the manager, the plurality of duplicate links into a second converged interface object that represents the plurality of duplicate links; presenting, by the manager, the first converged interface object; in response to selection of the first converged interface object, presenting, by the manager, the second converged interface object; and in response to selection of the second converged interface object, prompting, by the manager, a user to choose only one of the plurality of duplicate links represented by the second converged interface object and retrieving only one of the plurality of linked information for the only one of the plurality of duplicate links chosen by the user.