System and method for dynamically grouping devices based on present device conditions

摘要

A method to dynamically group devices based on device information, which is associated with a system for monitoring the device information that communicates information between a device and an enterprise. Information is collected from a device information source to obtain an actual status of a device. The actual status of the device is compared to a stored status of the device. The stored status is stored on a server of the enterprise. The enterprise determines if the actual status has been changed from the stored status. When a change is detected, the method performs at least one of the acts 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.

主权项

1. A method that is performed on an enterprise system comprising a server computer, the method comprising:
establishing, on the server computer, one or more group rules for grouping devices based on status; obtaining an actual status of a device from a monitoring agent that monitors and collects information from the device, including the actual status at a given time; comparing the actual status of the device to a prior status of the device, the device initially being associated with a first group that corresponds to the prior status; determining that the actual status is different from the prior status based on the comparing; on the server computer, consulting a rule to determine to create a second group that corresponds to the actual status of the device, the rule to determine to create the second group being among the one or more group rules; creating the second group automatically in accordance with the rule, the second group being associated with a group hierarchy comprised of multiple groups at different levels in the group hierarchy; and associating the device with the second group.