Patent Document ID: 7529744
Application ID: 11171952

Base Claim:
1. A method executed on a computer system comprising: Receiving one or more initial search terms describing one or more objects in a server management system; Automatically determining one or more suggested search terms in response to the receiving the one or more initial search terms; Displaying the one or more suggested search terms to the user; Receiving a user selection of a subset of the one or more suggested search terms; Searching for object definitions which match the one or more search terms; Determining one or more matching objects corresponding to the object definitions which match the one or more search terms; and Reporting the one or more matching objects, wherein reporting the one or more matching objects comprises reporting that a first matching object is defined in at least a first management context and a second management context, wherein the first management context relates to management of a first category of resources, and wherein the second management context relates to management of a second category of resources.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatically determining the one or more suggested search terms comprises automatically determining the one or more suggested search terms based on a frequency of prior operations on specific objects.