Method and System for Facilitating Enterprise Appliance Administration Based on Detected Power Anomalies
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsCraig Thompson WHITTLE, Andrew Rodney FERLITSCH
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Abstract
A method and system for administering enterprise appliances facilitates maintenance, procurement, deployment and security of enterprise appliances by taking targeted administrative actions in response to detected power anomalies experienced by such appliances. By using detected power anomalies as triggers for targeted administrative actions, rather than waiting for administrators to be notified of problems with enterprise appliances by workers or departments to which such appliances are assigned, problems with enterprise appliances are resolved more quickly and costs to the enterprise arising from such problems are reduced.
Claims20
A method for facilitating administration of enterprise appliances, comprising:
- configuring in a memory a binding between a power outlet and an enterprise appliance connected to the outlet;
- monitoring a power draw on the outlet over time;
- detecting an anomaly in the power draw;
- associating the anomaly with the appliance by reference to the binding;
- and
- taking administrative action respecting the appliance in response to the anomaly.
A system for administering enterprise appliances, comprising:
- a status and control unit having a power outlet;
- and
- a power manager communicatively coupled with the status and control unit and having an associated memory, wherein the status and control unit and the power manager are configured to interoperate to monitor a power draw on the outlet over time, and wherein the power manager is further configured to detect an anomaly in the power draw, associate the anomaly with an enterprise appliance by reference to a binding between the outlet and the appliance configured in the memory and take administrative action respecting the appliance in response to the anomaly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.