Patent ID: 8639720
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for accessing data from a configuration management database, the computer implemented method comprising: a processor receiving a data access request; the processor, in response to determining that requested data must be acquired in real time by accessing a data source that initialized the requested data, acquiring the requested data from the data source in real time and storing the requested data as acquired data; the processor, in response to determining that the requested data cannot be acquired in real time from the data source, acquiring the requested data as previously stored in a configuration management database; the processor providing the acquired requested data; and the processor calculating a confidence level of acquired and previously-stored data, wherein the acquired and previously-stored data is a copy of the requested data that was most recently acquired from the data source, wherein the confidence level describes a trustworthiness state of the previously-stored data, and wherein calculating the confidence level comprises the processor: