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Collecting data from data sources

US8738565B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

7Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Jonathan Cook · Austin, US
Randy A. Rendahl · Raleigh, US
David G. Robinson · Austin, US
Shaw-Ben Shi · Austin, US
Byron E. Todd, III · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2005
Grant date	May 27, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/972
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for collecting data. The data is collected from a particular data source by an application portion of agent to form collected data. The application portion is associated with the particular data source in response to an event. The collected data stored in a temporary data store for transfer to a data storage system to form stored data. The stored data sent to the data storage system using a generic portion of the agent, wherein the generic portion of the agent is configured to send data to the data storage system.

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