System for uninterruptively displaying only relevant and non-redundant alert message of the highest severity for specific condition associated with group of computers being managed

Patent 5619656 Issued on April 8, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 5, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Graf, Lars O.

Assignee

OPENService, Inc.

Application

No. 238476 filed on 05/05/1994

US Classes:

709/224, Computer network monitoring700/12, State of condition or parameter (e.g., on/off)700/32, Specific criteria of system performance709/207, Priority based messaging710/19, Status updating714/48, Error detection or notification714/57Error forwarding and presentation (e.g., operator console, error display)

Examiners

Primary: Lee, Thomas C.
Assistant: Kim, Ki S.

International Classes

G06F 011/00
G06F 011/30
G06F 013/10

Abstract

The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and initiating automated actions to respond to the detected conditions. The invention, hereafter "SYSTEMWatch AI-L", comprises a SYSTEMWatch AI-L client which turns a computer into a managed computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, which turns a computer into a monitoring computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L send facility, which allows a system administrator to send commands to various SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients through the SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, and a SYSTEMWatch AI-L report facility which allows a system administrator to query information collected and processed by the SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients and SYSTEMWatch AI-L consoles.