System services enhancement for displaying customized views

• US 8,028,236 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2003
• Issued: 09/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Thuerk, Keith A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu; Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ulrich; Nicholas S
• Application Number:
  US10/688,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20050086280A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,902 Days
• Field of Search: 715/741, 715/742, 715/743, 715/745, 715/744, 718/100, 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/226, 726/6, 707/736, 707/738, 707/784, 707/783
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A method for presenting system services can include the step of establishing a multitude of system service profiles. A request for the presentation of system services can be detected. One of the system service profiles associated with the request can be determined. For example, the system service profile can be determined based at least in part upon user identity. The system service profile can also be determined based at least in part upon server identity. At least one system service can be listed in accordance with the determined system service profile.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for customizing a display of system services within an administrative interface comprising the steps of:

categorizing system services into functional categories based on functions of the system services, wherein the system services are software programs that constantly run in the background of an operating system that perform actions for the operating system;

establishing a plurality of system service profiles based on functional roles of users, each system service profile representing a customized subset of the system services;

detecting a request for the presentation of system services from a user;

ascertaining an identity of the user and at least one functional role associated with the user;

determining at least one of said system service profiles corresponding to the at least one functional role of the user;

determining at least one system service to be displayed in accordance with the at least one determined system service profile; and

displaying the determined at least one system service within the administrative interface in a manner that the determined at least one system service is navigable based on the functional categories of the determined at least one system service, the at least one determined system service profile corresponding to the user, and computing devices providing the determined at least one system service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

categorizing said system services by computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, said categorizing step further comprising the step of:

categorizing the system services according to servers that provide said system services.

4. The method of claim 1, said establishing step further comprising the step of:

providing a system services configuration interface so that authorized users can modify at least one system service profile.

5. The method of claim 4, said providing step further comprising the steps of:

providing a series of views to perform a task relating to at least one system service profile in a step-wise fashion, whereby said series of views represent a system service profile configuration wizard.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said system services profiles are integrated with the directory services of an operating system handling said system services.

7. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

categorizing system services into functional categories based on functions of the system services, wherein the system services are software programs that constantly run in the background of an operating system that perform actions for the operating system;

establishing a plurality of system service profiles based on functional roles of users, each system service profile representing a customized subset of the system services;

detecting a request for the presentation of system services from a user;

ascertaining an identity of the user and at least one functional role associated with the user;

determining at least one of said system service profiles corresponding to the at least one functional role of the user;

determining at least one system service to be displayed in accordance with the at least one determined system service profile; and

displaying the determined at least one system service within an administrative interface in a manner that the determined at least one system service is navigable based on the functional categories of the determined at least one system service, the at least one determined system service profile corresponding to the user, and computing devices providing the determined at least one system service.

8. A computer-implemented system for customizing a display of system services within an administrative interface comprising:

means for categorizing system services into functional categories based on functions of the system services, wherein the system services are software programs that constantly run in the background of an operating system that perform actions for the operating system;

means for establishing a plurality of system service profiles based on functional roles of users, each system service profile representing a customized subset of the system services;

means for detecting a request for the presentation of system services from a user;

means for ascertaining an identity of the user and at least one functional role associated with the user;

means for determining at least one of said system service profiles corresponding to the at least one functional role of the user;

means for determining at least one system service to be displayed in accordance with the at least one determined system service profile; and

means for displaying the determined at least one system service within the administrative interface in a manner that the determined at least one system service is navigable based on the functional categories of the determined at least one system service, the at least one determined system service profile corresponding to the user, and computing devices providing the determined at least one system service.