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Method and apparatus for notifying administrators of selected events in a distributed computer system

US7152104B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 2001
Grant dateDec 19, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/542
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Dedicated federated beans monitor an event service in a data services management system and sends human-readable messages to people involved in the administration of management services in order to inform the administrators that an event they are interested in has occurred. In one embodiment, the beans each contain a category list indicating which events are of interest to the administrators and the beans cooperate with each other to insure that the category lists in the beans are synchronized. In another embodiment, the federated bean composes and forwards e-mail messages to administrators. In still another embodiment, the federated bean also monitors and reports messages posted to a logging service.

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