Managing service processes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8200620
APP PUB NO 20090216786A1
SERIAL NO

12391793

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Computer systems, methods, and computer program products for managing a service process that includes a plurality of service steps. A repository holds, for each of at least one configuration item, a set of data that represents at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relation between the configuration item and a second configuration item. The method includes detecting data on a resource for executing at least one of a plurality of service steps of the service process; creating, in response to a particular service process starting, data using a first configuration item model in which the particular service process is defined as a single configuration item; and creating data from the detected data using a second configuration item model in which one or more particular service steps are defined as a single configuration item.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akiyama, Kazuhito Machida, JP 53 886
Fukuda, Takeshi Machida, JP 265 2982
Suzuki, Yasuhiro Tokyo, JP 445 4205
Tsumura, Tadashi Sagamihara, JP 42 840

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