Patent ID: 8561053
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a plurality of computers, at least one of the plurality of computers associated with a user having a user characteristic, comprising: displaying, to a network administrator, a user-object data structure comprising resource information identifying a plurality of network computers in an enterprise system that are used by a selected one of a plurality of users, the plurality of enterprise computers representing all of the network computers in the enterprise system that are used by the selected user; receiving selection information from the network administrator, the selection information comprising a user characteristic associated with the selected user; displaying graphically, to a network administrator, all of the network computers in the enterprise system that are used by the selected user based on the received selection information; receiving management information from the network administrator; identifying, as target computers to receive a modification, all of the plurality of network computers in the enterprise system that are used by the selected user; selecting each of the target computers that are used by the selected user based on the selection information; comparing the management information to existing scheduled policies to determine if one or more conflicts exist; allowing the network administrator to modify the management information to resolve the one or more conflicts, if the one or more conflicts exist; and modifying each of the target computers that are used by the selected user based on the management information after the one or more conflicts are resolved.