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US 9,070,121 B2Granted
Approach for prioritizing network alerts
AssigneeSilver Spring Networks, Inc.
InventorJames Barnes
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AssigneeSilver Spring Networks, Inc.
InventorJames Barnes
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A computing system receives status transmissions from nodes within a portion of an electricity distribution network. The status transmissions include information related to hardware problems experienced by nodes within the portion of that network. The computing system determines a “heat” value for each of the status transmissions, where the heat value for a given transmission represents the operating conditions of, and/or the severity of hardware/software problems experienced by, the node responsible for sending that transmission. The computing system aggregates the heat values across the entire portion of the electricity distribution network and compares the aggregated heat values to a threshold value. When the aggregated value exceeds the threshold value, the computing system identifies a crisis situation arising within the portion of the electricity distribution network. The computing system may then convey information associated with the status transmissions to operators of the electricity distribution network.
A computer-implemented method for identifying a crisis event arising within a first portion of an electricity distribution network, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instruction that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to identify a crisis event arising within a first portion of an electricity distribution network by performing the steps of:
A computing device configured to identify a crisis event arising within a first portion of an electricity distribution network, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.