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US 7,461,145 B2Granted
Generating metrics for networked devices
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsNorman Ari Hirschman, Eric M. Wall, John W. Pierce
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Abstract
Groups of network devices may be identified automatically based on interface tags associated with network device interfaces such that network devices within a group are automatically identified, periodically or otherwise, based on an association of one or more common interface tags between the group and the network device interface.
Claims21
A method for generating metrics for network devices, comprising:
- enabling an association of tags with interfaces representing network devices;
- identifying a particular tag that corresponds to and enables monitoring of a particular group of network devices of interest;
- identifying a particular time period over which to aggregate metrics for the particular group of network devices;
- identifying interfaces that were associated with the particular tag during the particular time period;
- aggregating metrics for the particular group of network devices over the particular time period by:
- accessing timing data indicating when at least one of the identified interfaces became associated with the particular tag and when at least one of the identified interfaces became disassociated with the particular tag,
- based on the timing data, determining, for each of the identified interfaces, a portion of the particular time period over which the identified interface was associated with the particular tag, at least one of the identified interfaces being associated with the particular tag for less than all of the particular time period, and
- aggregating metrics associated with each of the identified interfaces for the determined portion of the particular time period;
- and
- generating an output based on the aggregated metrics for the particular group of network devices.
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A computer storage device readable by a computer system for generating metrics for network devices, the computer storage device storing executable instructions to cause the computer system to perform the following steps:
- enabling an association of tags with interfaces representing network devices;
- identifying a particular tag that corresponds to and enables monitoring of a particular group of network devices of interest;
- identifying a particular time period over which to aggregate metrics for the particular group of network devices;
- identifying interfaces that were associated with the particular tag during the particular time period;
- aggregating metrics for the particular group of network devices over the particular time period by:
- accessing timing data indicating when at least one of the identified interfaces became associated with the particular tag and when at least one of the identified interfaces became disassociated with the particular tag,
- based on the timing data, determining, for each of the identified interfaces, a portion of the particular time period over which the identified interface was associated with the particular tag, at least one of the identified interfaces being associated with the particular tag for less than all of the particular time period, and
- aggregating metrics associated with each of the identified interfaces for the determined portion of the particular time period;
- and
- generating an output based on the aggregated metrics for the particular group of network devices.
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A system including at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
- enabling an association of tags with interfaces representing network devices;
- identifying a particular tag that corresponds to and enables monitoring of a particular group of network devices of interest;
- identifying a particular time period over which to aggregate metrics for the particular group of network devices;
- identifying interfaces that were associated with the particular tag during the particular time period;
- aggregating metrics for the particular group of network devices over the particular time period by:
- accessing timing data indicating when at least one of the identified interfaces became associated with the particular tag and when at least one of the identified interfaces became disassociated with the particular tag,
- based on the timing data, determining, for each of the identified interfaces, a portion of the particular time period over which the identified interface was associated with the particular tag, at least one of the identified interfaces being associated with the particular tag for less than all of the particular time period, and
- aggregating metrics associated with each of the identified interfaces for the determined portion of the particular time period;
- and
- generating an output based on the aggregated metrics for the particular group of network devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.