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Determining the impact of a component failure on one or more services

US7509518B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 2004
Grant dateMar 24, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99953
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method for determining the impact of a failure of a component on one or more services that the component is supporting. The method receiving a data feed from a processing node, the data feed containing data indicative of the identity and system status of a component running on the processing node; in response to the identity of the component, first determining if the component supports one or more services; identifying the temporal activity of the one or more services and, in dependence on the determining step, second determining the impact of the system status on the one or more services.

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