Network fault manager for maintaining alarm conditions

US7434109B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Computer Associates Think, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lawrence A. Stabile · Cochituate, US
• Mark W. Sylor · Nashua, US
• Thomas Allen LaRosa · Tyngsborough, US
• Bradley S. Carey · Wrentham, US
• David W. Russo · Woodinville, US
• Kevin M. Jackson · Orlando, US
• Albert Briner · Hollis, US
• Jeremiah David Small · Westford, US
• Matthew Eric Baddeley · Holden, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: May 10, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L41/046
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for detecting alarm conditions, the method involving receiving at a first time a trigger notification describing a monitored occurrence on a network; setting a redundancy window to begin at the first time and to end at an expiration time; designating a first alarm condition to represent the trigger notification; receiving a second notification at a second time after the first time, the second notification describing the monitored occurrence; and determining whether a second alarm condition exists by testing whether the second time is within the redundancy window.