Messaging engine health check
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorZhijian Lin
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Abstract
A method comprises submitting a content message to an alerting engine from a health monitor, said content message being configured to cause said alerting engine to send an alert message to a communications device. The method may further comprise determining, using said health monitor, an expected alert message according to said submitted content; receiving, at said health monitor, an alert message forwarded from said communications device; comparing said received alert message with said expected alert message; and selectively sending an alarm message based on said determination.
Claims26
A method, comprising:
- submitting a content message to an alerting engine from a health monitor, said content message being configured to cause said alerting engine to send an alert message to a communications device;
- determining, using said health monitor, an expected alert message according to said submitted content;
- receiving, at said health monitor, an alert message forwarded from said communications device;
- and
- comparing said received alert message with said expected alert message.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a content message from a health monitor, said content message comprising a content file and associated metadata;
- identifying a communications device to which to send an alert message based on subscription data and said content message;
- sending said alert message to said communications device including said content file;
- receiving a forwarded alert message from said communications device, said forwarded message being in response to the sending of said alert message;
- and
- sending said forwarded alert message to said health monitor.
A system, comprising:
- a messaging engine including at least one computing device;
- said messaging engine storing subscription data and configured to selectively send communications with at least one communications device;
- and
- a health monitor, said health monitor configured to:
- submit a content message to said messaging engine, said content message comprising a content file and associated metadata and being configured to cause said messaging engine to send an alert message including said content file to a communications device based on said subscription data and said content message;
- determine an expected alert message according to said submitted content;
- receive an alert message forwarded from the communications device;
- and
- compare said received alert message with said expected alert message.
A system, comprising:
- a messaging engine device including at least one computing device;
- said messaging engine configured to:
- receive a content message from a health monitor, said content message comprising a content file and associated metadata;
- identify a communications device to which to send an alert message based on subscription data and said content message;
- send said alert message to said communications device including said content file;
- receive a forwarded alert message from said communications device, said forwarded message being in response to the sending of said alert message;
- and
- send said forwarded alert message to said health monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.