Patent ID: 8862631

Claim:
A computer server comprising at least one element of hardware, the computer server programmed with instructions for causing the computer server to perform a computer network service modeling method, the method comprising: receiving at least one user-entered search criterion in a service model editor to locate information about one or more resources of a computer network service, wherein the service model editor comprises a graphical user interface (GUI); searching information in a database based on the at least one user-entered search criterion to create a service model for managing the computer network service, the information in the database describing resources of the computer network service; creating at least a portion of a service model of the computer network service in the service model editor using information obtained through searching; enabling manipulation of at least the portion of the service model in the service model editor; enabling user selection of different publishing options using the service model editor including an option to publish only selected objects of the service model; providing a publishing preview interface using the service model editor including options to view objects to be published including object attributes and values for a selected object; initiating publishing of at least a portion of the service model to one or more impact managers of the computer network service responsive to the user selection of the publishing options; and providing a publication history interface listing a history of publications including details and error information for a selected publication in the history.