Software fault management system
Patent 6012152 Issued on January 4, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 21, 2017. 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.
August 21, 2017. 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.Patent ReferencesExpert system for communications network Wireless telephone network centralized maintenance method Model based alarm coordination Telecommunications test system including a test and trouble shooting expert system System and method for managing faults in a distributed system Telecommunications test system including a test and trouble shooting expert system Patent #: 5764726 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 918100 filed on 08/21/1997US Classes:714/26Artificial intelligence (e.g., diagnostic expert system)ExaminersPrimary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.Assistant: Elisca, Pierre E. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 011/00AbstractA Software Fault Management (SFM) system for managing software faults in a managed mobile telecommunications network. The SFM system includes an Intelligent Management Information Base (I-MIB) comprising a Management Information Base (MIB) and a Knowledge Base (KB) having a functional model of the managed network and a trouble report/known faults (TR/KF) case base. The SFM system also includes an intelligent multi-agent portion having a plurality of agents which process the software faults utilizing the functional model from the I-MIB, case-based information, and other management information. The I-MIB and the intelligent multi-agent portion are compliant with Telecomunications Management Network (TMN) principles and framework. Fault management is both proactive and reactive. The SFM system is made independent of technology-specific implementations by representing the underlying switch design knowledge in a modular and changeable form which is then interpreted by the intelligent multi-agent portion. A clear separation is maintained between the generic procedural inference mechanisms and agents, and the specific and explicit models of the different network elements of a mobile telecommunications network.Other References
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