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Apparatus and method for monitoring objects in a network and automatically validating events relating to the objects

US7469287B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2003
Grant dateDec 23, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/0663
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and program for monitoring an object of a system and validating the status of the object are provided. The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a system (including a computer processing system), a method (including a computerized method), an apparatus, a computer readable medium, a computer program product, or a data structure tangibly fixed in a computer readable memory. Specifically, the invention provides methods and code devices for automated event processing to validate the status of an event of a monitored object in a network without manual operator intervention, including validation and remediation features based on event class.

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