Methods and apparatus for remote gateway monitoring and diagnostics
US8639989B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/855
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for remotely monitoring and diagnosing storage gateways. Status information may be collected locally on the gateways and uploaded to a service provider via gateway-initiated connections. The uploaded information may be stored to status data store(s). Status proxy(s) on the provider network may analyze the information in the status data store(s) for one or more gateways to detect error conditions on individual gateways or patterns or error conditions on multiple gateways. Upon detecting an error condition on a gateway, the proxy may alert another process, for example an administrator process on the local network that includes the respective gateway. The other process may then message the gateway to address the condition. Information for particular gateways may be provided to clients on request. Information collected from multiple gateways may be viewed and analyzed by the service provider to detect patterns related to gateway design.
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