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A System and Method for Dynamically Grouping Devices Based on Present Device Conditions

  • US 20080082657A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2006
  • Published: 04/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system for monitoring device information that communicates information between a device and an enterprise, a method for dynamically grouping the devices, the method comprising:

  • collecting information from a device information source to obtain an actual status of a device;

    comparing the actual status of the device to a stored status of the device, the stored status being stored in a database of the enterprise;

    determining, in the enterprise, if the actual status has been changed from the stored status; and

    when a change is detected, performing at least one of automatically disassociating the device from a group that reflects the stored status and automatically associating the device with a new group to reflect the actual status.

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