US 2007/0168696 A1 · System for inventing computer systems and alerting users of faults

Abstract

A first embodiment of the system and method of this invention is disclosed in a distributed computer system. The system is monitored by detecting activity signatures of individually identifiable network components, programs and/or PCs by sensing operations (keystrokes on a keyboard or mouse clicks) and/or codes embedded in data streams in the system. The activity signatures can be defined by result-specific character sets and are generated or provided for identifying the various activities of the system. After the activity signatures are generated, select information about select baselined attributes of activities detected by their activity signatures are measured and compiled in a database, and monitoring profiles (MPs) for the baselined attributes of activities are generated. The MPs are defined by a group of identifying attribute values of end-points so abnormal behavior of end-points/components can later be detected. For example, a disconnected server associated with a group of terminals can be detected.

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Dependent claims

In a monitoring method for monitoring a distributed computer system;

said distributed computer system including a plurality of LANs located at diverse geographic locations interconnected to each other;
said distributed computer system also including one or more network components associated with one or more of said LANs;
said distributed computer system also including a plurality of terminals connected to one or more of said LANs;
one or more of said terminals, LANs and/or network components having a plurality of identifying attributes and/or baselined attributes;
a plurality of said terminals and/or network components running a plurality of application programs;
one or more of said application programs performing more than one activity;
wherein each activity is constructed from a plurality of operations which generate one or more opcodes representing said operations;
said monitoring method including the steps of:
generating activity signatures for select activities of identifiable network components, programs and/or terminals;
generating one or more select information values for select baselined attributes of said activities;
and
generating one or more monitoring profiles for at least one or more of said select baselined attributes of one of said select activities.

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In a monitoring system for monitoring a distributed computer system;

said distributed computer system including a plurality of LANs located at diverse geographic locations interconnected to each other;
said distributed computer system also including one or more network components associated with one or more of said LANs;
said distributed computer system also including a plurality of terminals connected to one or more of said LANs;
one or more of said terminals, LANs and/or network components having a plurality of identifying attributes and/or baselined attributes;
a plurality of said terminals and/or network components run a plurality of application programs;
one or more of said application programs performing more than one activity;
wherein each activity is constructed from a plurality of operations which generate one or more opcodes representing said operations;
said monitoring system including:
apparatus for generating activity signatures for select activities of identifiable network components, programs and/or terminals;
apparatus responsive to one or more of said activity signatures for generating one or more select information values for select baselined attributes of said select activities;
apparatus responsive to one or more of said select information values for generating one or more monitoring profiles for at least one or more of said select baselined attributes of one of said select activities.

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System for inventing computer systems and alerting users of faults

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