Alarm management system
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsBrendan S McEnroe, Nigel Barke
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Abstract
A system is monitored for event reports, which are delivered and stored in a first database (12). Data flood conditions are identified by monitoring this database (12) to identify event reports having predetermined characteristics whose occurrence exceeds a predetermined flood threshold value, such characteristics being stored in a second database (13). The data flood conditions are contained by retrieving the stored characteristics from the second database (13) and purging the first database (12) of event reports having those characteristics.
Claims17
A method of monitoring a system for event reports, wherein event reports are delivered and stored in a first database, the method comprising:
- identifying, using a processor and memory, data flood conditions by monitoring the first database to identify event reports having characteristics whose occurrence in the first database exceeds a predetermined flood threshold value, such characteristics being stored in a second database, and
- containing such data flood conditions by retrieving such stored characteristics from the second database to identify subsequent event reports having the retrieved characteristics.
An event monitoring system comprising:
- a first database for receiving and storing event reports from one or more external systems,
- a processor having a configuration to provide flood identification, including having a configuration to monitor the first database to identify event reports having characteristics whose occurrence in the first database exceeds a predetermined flood threshold value, and to store the characteristics of reports so identified in a second database, and
- a processor having a configuration to provide flood containment, including having a configuration to retrieve such stored characteristics from the second database, and to identify subsequent event reports having the retrieved characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.