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US 8,027,946 B1Granted
Higher order logic applied to expert systems for alarm analysis, filtering, correlation and root cause
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Daily, Christopher R. Gentle, Lisa Y. Kawahara, Ashis Kumar Maity, Michael J. Thomas
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for applying second- and higher-order logic to analysis of event descriptive information, such as alarms, error messages, and fault signals.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a network element, event descriptive information, the event descriptive information describing an event involving at least one of a state, status, condition, configuration, operation, function, type, identity, and activity of the network element;
- analyzing, by at least one of second-order and higher-order logic statements and by computer, the received event descriptive information to determine at least one of (i) a causal event underlying the event described by the event descriptive information and (ii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the event descriptive information, wherein the analyzing step comprises the sub-steps:
- selecting, by a many-order logic module, a lower-order logic module to analyze the event descriptive information;
- providing the event descriptive information to the selected lower-order logic module;
- analyzing, by the selected lower-order logic module, the event descriptive information to determine the at least one of (i) a causal event underlying the event described by the event descriptive information and (ii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the event descriptive information;
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- outputting, by computer, the at least one of (i) a causal event underlying the event described by the event descriptive information and (ii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the event descriptive information.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor adapted to execute modules, the modules comprising:
- an input adapted to receive, from a network element, event descriptive information, the event descriptive information describing an event involving at least one of a state, status, condition, configuration, operation, function, type, identity, and activity of the network element, wherein the network element is at least one of a gateway, router, server, voice communication device, text communication device, switch, and software module;
- a meta-parser system adapted to parse event descriptive information, wherein the parsed received event descriptive information is analyzed by a lower-order module;
- a plurality of lower-order logic modules adapted to analyze event descriptive information and determine at least one of (i) an event described by the event descriptive information, (ii) a causal event underlying the event described by the event descriptive information, and (iii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the event descriptive information
- a many-order logic module adapted to select, by at least one of second-order and higher-order logic statements, a lower-order logic module to analyze selected event descriptive information to determine at least one of (i) an event described by the selected event descriptive information, (ii) a causal event underlying the event described by the selected event descriptive information, and (iii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the selected event descriptive information;
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- an interface adapted to output the at least one of (i) an event described by the event descriptive information, (ii) a causal event underlying the event described by the event descriptive information, and (iii) a remedial action to respond to the event described by the event descriptive information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.