System and method for maintaining multiple devices with a single device identifier

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for maintaining object configuration data on a data processing system, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions that store a first set of attribute entries in a database, wherein the first set of attribute entries is associated with a first object classification and a second object classification;
• second instructions that store a second set of attribute entries comprising at least one attribute, wherein the second set of attribute entries are associated with the first object classification;
• third instructions that store a third set of attribute entries comprising at least one attribute, wherein the third set of attribute entries are associated with the second object classification;
• fourth instructions that configure a first object of the first object classification with the first set of attribute entries and the second set of attribute entries;
• and
• fifth instructions that configure a second object of the second object classification with the first set of attribute entries and the third set of attribute entries.

A data processing system for maintaining object configuration data, comprising:

• a memory that contains a set of instructions and a database;
• a first object of a first object classification;
• a second object of a second object classification;
• and
• a processing unit, responsive to execution of the set of instructions, that stores a first set of attribute entries, a second set of attribute entries, and a third set of attribute entries in the database, wherein the first set of attribute entries is associated with the first object classification and the second object classification, the second set of attribute entries is associated with the first object classification, and the third set of attribute entries is associated with the second object classification, and wherein the processor configures the first object with the first set and the second set of attribute entries and configures the second object with the first set and the third set of attribute entries.