Methods, systems, and products for classifying peer systems
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an ontology that represents a hierarchical organization of a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to one class of a plurality of classes;
associating each peer system of a plurality of peer systems with at least one of the plurality of nodes in the ontology based on information maintained on each peer system and a class of the plurality of classes to which the information corresponds;
receiving a request including a select class of the plurality of classes from a first peer system of the plurality of peer systems;
identifying a select node of the plurality of nodes based on the select class;
identifying at least one peer system of the plurality of peer systems that is associated with the select node; and
sending to the first peer system identification information identifying the at least one peer system and identifying a date and a time of when the at least one peer system was associated with the ontology.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for classifying peer systems to an ontology. The ontology is stored in memory of a central server. A classification request is received to classify a peer system to the ontology. Peer information is also stored for each peer system associated with a node in the ontology. The peer information is sent to the peer system, thus informing the peer system of other peers associated with the same node.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an ontology that represents a hierarchical organization of a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to one class of a plurality of classes; associating each peer system of a plurality of peer systems with at least one of the plurality of nodes in the ontology based on information maintained on each peer system and a class of the plurality of classes to which the information corresponds; receiving a request including a select class of the plurality of classes from a first peer system of the plurality of peer systems; identifying a select node of the plurality of nodes based on the select class; identifying at least one peer system of the plurality of peer systems that is associated with the select node; and sending to the first peer system identification information identifying the at least one peer system and identifying a date and a time of when the at least one peer system was associated with the ontology. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system comprising:
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a classification application stored in memory; and a processor communicating with the memory, the processor adapted to; providing an ontology that represents a hierarchical organization of a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to one class of a plurality of classes; associate each peer system of a plurality of peer systems with at least one of the plurality of nodes in the ontology based on information maintained on each peer system and a class of the plurality of classes to which the information corresponds; receive a request including a select class of the plurality of classes from a first peer system of the plurality of peer systems; identify a select node of the plurality of nodes based on the select class; identify at least one peer system of the plurality of peer systems that is associated with the select node; and send to the first peer system identification information identifying the at least one peer system and identifying a date and a time of when the at least one peer system was associated with the ontology. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium storing instructions for performing the steps:
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providing an ontology that represents a hierarchical organization of a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to one class of a plurality of classes; associate each peer system of a plurality of peer systems with at least one of the plurality of nodes in the ontology based on information maintained on each peer system and a class of the plurality of classes to which the information corresponds; receive a request including a select class of the plurality of classes from a first peer system of the plurality of peer systems; identify a select node of the plurality of nodes based on the select class; identify at least one peer system of the plurality of peer systems that is associated with the select node; and send to the first peer system identification information identifying the at least one peer system and identifying a date and a time of when the at least one peer system was associated with the ontology. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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