Patent ID: 9213699
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of administering multiple target systems, where a plurality of the target systems share a shared asset entity and where each of the plurality of the target systems represents the shared entity virtually as a respective shared object such that each respective target system has a respective shared object which can be edited locally within the respective target system and at least one shared object of a respective target system has at least one property different from associated respective shared objects of other target systems of the plurality of target systems the method comprising: maintaining a super-object in a memory of a central administering system, the super-object being associated with each of the respective shared objects of the plurality of the target systems and including all properties of all of the respective shared objects, wherein each of the respective shared objects represents virtually the shared entity and wherein the shared entity comprises at least one of an agent and an agent group and the shared object comprises at least a name, services provided and scheduling information for the shared entity; editing the super-object in a processor to update information concerning the shared entity wherein the information update is initiated by the editing of the super-object; transmitting a command to each applicable system of the plurality of the target systems from the central administering system so that the respective shared objects of the applicable systems can be edited to conform with the edited super-object and each applicable target system editing the respective shared objects to conform with the edited super-object in response to the commands using only fields of the super-object applicable to a particular target system's shared object to determine conformity and each applicable target system transmitting the respective edited shared object to the central administering system, the applicable systems comprising the plurality of the target systems other than an initiating system of the plurality of the target systems if the information update was initiated in the initiating system.