US 2006/0143194 A1 · System and method for corporate-wide policy management

Abstract

An organization asset database (ADb) is described that contains a complete, up-to-date, secure, and easily accessible inventory of the organization's assets. Each asset is mapped onto a structure that represents the organizational hierarchy of the organization, which provides for multiple levels of accountability for each asset. Each asset has one or more roles in relation to other assets in the ADb and has one or more entitlements in relation to other assets in the ADb. The relationship between assets ensures that the ADb is complete and up-to-date and allows for easy filtering and retrieval of the information contained in the ADb.

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Dependent claims

An asset database system comprising:

an asset table comprising at least one asset record representing an asset, the at least one asset record characterized by an asset type;
and
a relationship type table comprising at least one record representing a relation between a first asset type and a second asset type,
wherein one or more asset record is each mapped to an administrative unit asset through a relation defined in the relationship type table, the administrative unit asset representing an administrative unit in a hierarchically structured organization.

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A computer implemented method for maintaining data integrity of an asset database comprising the steps of:

providing an asset database comprising an asset table including at least one asset record representing an asset, the at least one asset record characterized by an asset type, and a relationship type table comprising at least one record representing a relation between a first asset type and a second asset type, wherein one or more asset record is each mapped to an administrative unit asset through a relation defined in the relationship type table, the administrative unit asset representing an administrative unit in an hierarchically structured organization;
updating the asset database from a data feed from an authoritative data source;
identifying a change in an inventory of the asset database;
determining if additional information is required by the change in inventory;
identifying a person responsible for providing the additional information based on the person's relationship to the changed inventory;
receiving the additional information from the person;
and
updating the asset database with the additional information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for corporate-wide policy management

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System and method for corporate-wide policy management

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