07-03-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130060924A1
Автор:
Basheer Shakir Hussain,
Chen Yue,
Du Jie,
Guo Yumin,
Jiang XueYin,
Li ZhongGang,
Liu Jerry,
Liu Jie,
Luo Huajun,
Wang Haibing,
Zhang Chuanbo
Granular inventory management with conflict resolution at a target is provided. A client receives inventory management requests, as default settings and/or from a server. Each request includes action instance(s), which have an action key, action type, action detail(s), a precedence, and a sequence number. The client identifies a conflict if two instances have the same action type but incompatible detail(s). The client resolves the conflict, based on precedence and sometimes also on sequence numbers. The client performs the resulting action instance(s), and results are sent back for inclusion in an inventory report. Action details may specify a schedule for recurring actions. A precedence may be specified by an administrator or be built-in. Default and other requests may be defined by viewing inventory classes in a graphical user interface, entering an action based on inventory class(es), and entering target device group selection(s). Inventory classes may be captured from a live system. 1. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium configured with data and with instructions that when executed by at least one processor causes the processor(s) to perform a process for inventory management , the process comprising the steps of:electronically receiving multiple inventory management requests in a device memory, the received requests including at least one action instance and at least one action key, each action instance having at least an action type, action detail(s), a precedence, and a sequence number;computationally identifying a conflict in that received request(s) contain respective action instances having the same action type but having different and mutually inconsistent action detail(s); andcomputationally resolving the conflict in favor of one action instance, based at least on an action instance precedence.2. The configured medium of claim 1 , wherein resolving the conflict is based on at least one of the following: an action instance precedence and ...
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