Patent Document ID: 9323801
Application ID: 14204437

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: selecting a first configuration item from a source dataset; determining whether the first configuration item matches a second configuration item of a target dataset of a configuration management database based on application of a statistical rule; and responsive to a successful match based on the application of the statistical rule: determining whether a threshold value associated with the statistical rule meets a predetermined acceptance value associated with the statistical rule, the threshold value and the predetermined acceptance value being independent of the first configuration item and the second configuration item, responsive to determining that the threshold value meets the predetermined acceptance value, marking the first configuration item as identified with the second configuration item, and adjusting the threshold value.

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Claim 10:
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: failing to identify the first configuration item with configuration items in the target dataset using identification rules; and marking the first configuration item for statistical identification, the statistical identification using statistical rules.