Patent Document ID: 8719633
Application ID: 13064457

Base Claim:
1. A search device comprising: a query processing unit that receives a query that requests a search on a starting point candidate of an abnormality based on at least one error belonging to a second management range, indicating a range of a configuration items managed by a second search device in a network, from a device that searches for a starting point candidate of an abnormality based on at least one error in the configuration item belonging to a first management range, indicating a range of the configuration items managed by a first search device in the network; a search unit that traces a connection relationship of configuration items belonging to the second management range based on the query and searches for a candidate of a configuration item that is a starting point of the abnormality as a starting point candidate of the abnormality; an evaluation unit that evaluates the starting point candidate of the abnormality based on a search result of the search unit; and a dummy processing unit that replaces a configuration item that is a starting point candidate of the abnormality searched by the search unit with a dummy configuration item that is non-persistent identification information and indicates the configuration item of the abnormality starting point candidate, wherein the query processing unit transmits the dummy configuration item and an evaluation result of the evaluation unit as a response to the query.

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Claim 3:
3. The search device according to claim 1 , wherein the dummy processing unit individually manages a correspondence relationship between a configuration item that is a starting point candidate of an abnormality based on at least one error and a dummy configuration item, which is used to respond to a query from the first management range and a correspondence relationship between a configuration item that is a starting point candidate of an abnormality based on at least one error and a dummy configuration item, which is used to respond to a query from a third management range, indicating a range of the configuration items managed by a third device.