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System, method and computer program product for a dynamic rules-based threshold engine

US6208720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1998
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/0188
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A configurable and scalable rules-based thresholding system, method and computer program product for processing event records includes a core infrastructure and a configurable domain-specific implementation. The core infrastructure is generically employed regardless of the actual type of network being monitored. The domain-specific implementation is provided with user specific data and rules. The core infrastructure includes an event record enhancer which enhances events with additional data and a threshold detector which determines whether an enhanced event record, alone or in light of prior event records, exceeds one or more thresholds. The enhancer can access external databases for additional information related to an event record. In one embodiment, the enhancer generates feature vectors to represent enhanced event records. The threshold detector receives enhanced event records from the event record enhancer. The threshold detector selects one or more threshold rules from a database of threshold rules for applying to the enhanced event records. Where enhanced event records are in the form of feature vectors containing features and feature values, the threshold detector selects …

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