Patent number: 8949819

Rationalizing functions to identify re-usable services

Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

Field of technology: Computer Software

Patent granted on: Tue, 03 Feb 2015

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Abstract

A method of dynamically offering upgraded services in a network comprising functions, the method comprising a computer performing the steps of: applying a similar functionality analysis on the functions of a network; retrieving the plurality of functions stored by the similar functionality analysis from the repository, and creating a pivot table; categorizing the functions within the pivot table; filtering the pivot table by a functional area of the pivot table; recreating the pivot table based on the functional area; and differentiating the exposable functions within the pivot table from non-exposable functions by attributes of the functions.