Virtual asset groups in a compliance management system
US8117104B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/06
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention can be used to assign policies to assets and enforce the policies in a dynamic environment. In one embodiment, the present invention includes discovering a plurality of assets using a plurality of distributed software interfaces over a network, each asset being having a plurality of attributes. A user can input receiving a group filter criterion, which can then be used to create and display a plurality of virtual asset groups to the user, each virtual asset group containing representations of assets having the same attributes for the received group filter criterion. In one embodiment, the present invention provides the ability to apply policies directly to virtual asset groups, and the policies are applied to virtual asset group members dynamically.
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