Method and apparatus for communication network alert record identification
US4823345A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/327
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Alert records flowing in a communication and data processing network to host operator console stations consist of long, variable length information records. Method and apparatus are disclosed which reduce the variable length body of information to a standard 32-bit number which indexes the lengthy, variable length information. To the 32-bit number there is concatenated a product identification code which reduces the likelihood of inadvertent duplication of the 32-bit number by two different alert sending entities to an acceptable level. The IEEE standard 802 cyclic redundancy check algorithm, ordinarily employed for checking the integrity of data transmission in a communications system, is employed in a new way to reduce a long, variable length body of alert data information to the 32-bit number. Reduction of the alert record to a 32-bit number plus the product indentification code enables alert recognition and filtering to be conducted at the host/system network operator's console for logging, displaying the alert to specified operators, selective display, inhibitions of these or forwarding of the alert to an aditional operator or use of the alert as a triggering signal for the di…
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