System and method for managing faults using a gateway
AssigneeObjective Systems Integrators, Inc.
InventorsMaarten Peter Tentij, Jeffrie David MacDonald
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved fault management system and method. In one embodiment, the system includes a gateway and a management processor system. The gateway is communicatively connected to a network for receiving alarm incidents from the network. The gateway has a rule engine for (1) selecting a control object from a set of control objects based on information from the alarm incident, and (2) processing the selected control object. The management processor system has a processor for processing configuration to objects in response to the selected control object for implementing fault management objectives defined by at least one user.
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A fault management system, comprising:
- (a) a gateway communicatively connected to a network for receiving an alarm incident, the gateway having a rule engine for (1) selecting a control object from a set of control objects, the selecting being based on information from the alarm incident, and (2) processing the selected control object;
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- (b) a management processing system having a processor for processing configuration objects in response to the selected control object for implementing fault management objectives defined by at least one user.
A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for matching in a fault management system an incoming alarm incident to a control object for processing from a set of control objects, the instructions when executed causing the system to perform acts comprising:
- (a) extracting data from an alarm incident received at a gateway;
- (b) said gateway comparing the data with a set of control object names, wherein each name (1) corresponds to a control object, and (2) includes one or more identifiers from different alarm incident identification types;
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- (c) said gateway selecting for processing the control object whose name is closest to the extracted data.
A method for managing faults in a network system, comprising:
- (a) receiving at a gateway an alarm incident that corresponds to a fault;
- (b) said gateway selecting a configuration object from a set of configuration objects for processing the alarm incident, wherein said selecting a configuration object includes (i) extracting data from the alarm incident, (ii) comparing the data with a set of configuration object names, wherein each name (1) corresponds to a configuration object in the set of configuration objects, and (2) includes one or more identifiers from different alarm incident identification types, and (iii) selecting for processing the configuration object whose name is closest to the extracted data;
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- (c) processing the selected configuration object in order to act on the fault according to predefined objectives.
A fault management system, comprising:
- a gateway communicatively connected to a network for receiving an alarm incident, the gateway having a rule engine for (1) selecting a control object from a set of control objects, the selecting being based on information from the alarm incident, wherein the rule engine selects the control object with information that is closest to corresponding information from the alarm incident, and (2) processing the selected control object.
A fault management system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively connected to a network for receiving an alarm incident, the gateway having a rule engine for (1) selecting a control object from a set of control objects, the selecting being based on information from the alarm incident, wherein the control objects are formed from a control object class that includes at least one basic processing attribute, and (2) processing the selected control object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.