Process for gathering expert knowledge and automating it
OwnerWilliam P. Wedlake, Michael Joseph Brandon +3inventors
InventorsWilliam P. Wedlake, Michael Joseph Brandon, Peter Van Giel, Jean Giuannotte, Peter Put
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Abstract
A method is provided for auditing the configuration of an enterprise comprising the steps of: collecting information relating to the configuration of the enterprise, analyzing the configuration information based on expert knowledge; and providing the result of the analysis in the form of reports, and other results of the analyses.
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A set of one or more analyzers to govern the analysis of information gathered from nodes or groups of nodes as well as the selective production of issue information, the analyzers comprising:
- one or more analyzers which govern the analysis of specific configuration information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is configured properly;
- one or more analyzers which govern the analysis of specific information resulting from testing to determine whether the tested software and/or hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
- one or more analyzers which govern the analysis of specific diagnostic and/or log information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
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- these analyzers also govern the determination of whether and, if so, of what specific issue information is to be produced.
A method of analyzing information gathered from nodes or groups of nodes and selectively producing issue information, the method comprising:
- analyzing one or more specific sets of configuration information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is configured properly;
- analyzing one or more specific sets of information resulting from testing to determine whether the tested software and/or hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
- analyzing one or more sets of specific diagnostic and/or log information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
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- determining whether and, if so, what specific issue information is to be produced as a result of these analyses, and producing that issue information.
A set of one or more analyzers to govern the analysis of information gathered from nodes or groups of nodes as well as the selective production of issue information, the analyzers comprising:
- one or more configuration information analyzer means for analyzing specific configuration information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is configured properly;
- one or more test information analyzer means for analyzing specific information resulting from testing to determine whether the tested software and/or hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
- one or more diagnostic and/or log information analyzer means for analyzing specific diagnostic and/or log information to determine whether the software and/or the hardware associated with a node and/or a group of nodes is functioning properly;
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- issue information production means for determining whether and, if so, for determining what specific issue information is to be produced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.