Patent ID: 8751558

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request to identify a set of potential ports to connect to a first port; storing metadata containing attribute tags and connection data; identifying the set of potential ports, the identification of the set of potential ports based upon the stored metadata and including: determining whether metadata attribute tags are associated with the first port; determining whether metadata attribute tags are associated with at least one potential port of the set of potential ports; determining that the connection data identifies at least one previous connection is associated with at least one of the first port or the at least one potential port; and performing a relevance ranking of the determined at least one previous connection to the determination of the set of potential ports using a weighting algorithm applied against at least one relevance factor, each relevance factor associated with at least one weight value reflecting a utility of connection attributes for different connection scenarios; and presenting a suggestion of potential ports to connect to the first port, the suggestion including at least a subset of potential ports selected from the identified set of potential ports.