Methods and apparatus for propagating operation data to one or more devices
AssigneeARM IP Limited
InventorsMarianne Elizabeth Julie CROWDER, Thomas Christopher GROCUTT
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Abstract
A network management module receives requests for operation data from a device and determines a response to be sent to the device indicative of an user's responses to prior operation data requests. The user's responses to operation data requests are shared by the network management module with one or more devices, reducing the number of responses required directly from the user. In addition, the user responses to operation data requests from a first device may be used to derive the user's response to other operation data requests from the same device or from one or more different devices, of the same or different type.
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A computer implemented method for propagating operation data relating to operation of at least one device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a network management module, a device request for operation data in relation to operation of one or more devices, from a device, the network management module comprising logic to determine how to respond to the device request by:
- providing at least one repository query to a repository for data relating to the device request, the repository configured to store response data indicative of user responses to prior user requests derived from prior device requests;
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- when the logic is unable to determine based on at least one received response to the at least one repository query how to respond to the device request, transmitting, to a user interface, a user request for a user response, wherein the user request is derived from the device request;
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- in response to receiving the user response to the user request, providing to the repository new data indicative of the user response and providing to the device a response to the device request derived from the user response;
- wherein the device request comprises a classification indicative of an importance of the request for operation data to the device's operation.
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A network management module for propagating operation data relating to operation of at least one device, the network management module comprising:
- a communication module for receiving a device request, created by the device, for operation data in relation to operation of one or more devices;
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- logic for providing, to a repository, at least one repository query for data relating to the device request, the repository configured to store repository data indicative of user responses to prior user requests derived from prior device requests, for determining how to respond to the device request based on at least one received response to the at least one repository query, and for providing, to a user interface, a user request for a user response to the device request when the logic is unable to determine how to respond to the device request;
- wherein, in response to receiving the user response to the user request, the logic provides to the repository new data indicative of the user response and provides to the device a response to the device request derived from the user response;
- wherein the device request comprises a classification indicative of an importance of the request for operation data to the device's operation.
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A system for propagating operation data relating to operation of at least one device, the system comprising:
- at least one device;
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- a network management module for receiving a device request for operation data in relation to operation of one or more devices, from at least one device, the network management module comprising logic to determine how to respond to the device request by:
- providing at least one repository query to a repository for data relating to the device request, the repository comprising response data indicative of user responses to prior user requests derived from prior device requests;
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- when the logic is unable to determine based on at least one received response to the at least one repository query how to respond to the device request, providing, to a user interface, a user request for a user response derived from the device request;
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- in response to receiving the user response to the user request, providing to the repository new data indicative of the user response and providing to the at least one device a response to the device request derived from the user responses;
- wherein the device request comprises a classification indicative of an importance of the request for operation data to the device's operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.