Patent Document ID: 9009324
Application ID: 14166154

Base Claim:
1. A method executed by a computer for managing and reconciling information technology asset naming conflicts in a configuration management database, the method comprising: receiving attributes collected about a detected resource in a network of resources; creating a set of valid names for the detected resource based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules, wherein a valid name is created for the detected resource for each naming rule, and wherein the naming rules in the set of naming rules have a priority order; searching a master-alias table to locate entries comprising at least one existing name of known resources recorded in the master-alias table that matches at least one valid name in the set of valid names for the detected resource; determining a partial match exists when all of the valid names in the set of valid names for the detected resource do not match an existing name in the master-alias table; and responsive to determining the partial match exists, determining whether the detected resource is a new resource or an existing resource in the network based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: responsive to the detected resource being reconfigured, updating the master-alias table and an appropriate class attribute table to remove a valid name of the detected resource created with a low priority naming rule from the master-alias table and class attribute table.