Failure impact manager

• US 10,007,887 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Farrell, Robert G., Kanevsky, Dimitri, Malkin, Peter K., Sainath, Tara N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeanty, Romain
• Application Number:
  US14/286,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20150339618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,495 Days
• Field of Search: 705 719
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0769 Readable error formats, e.g. cross-platform generic formats, human understandable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

A possible failure of a first device may be identified. Whether a user of the first device has a scheduled meeting to be held within a time range of the possible failure, may be determined by accessing calendar information. Responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure, at least one other participant of the scheduled meeting may be determined by accessing the calendar information, a contact address for said at least one other participant may be determined, and information may be transferred to the at least one other participant via the contact address.

Claims

1. A method of managing failure impact of a computing device, comprising:

generating an interrupt by a processor of a first device executing a monitoring software that detects a possible failure on the first device, wherein the processor is a secondary processor associated with the first device, the first device comprising a primary processor and the secondary processor, the secondary processor running a minimal operating system, wherein responsive to determining that the possible failure is associated with the primary processor, the primary processor branching a code to execute on the secondary processor;

responsive to the generated interrupt, determining by the processor whether a user of the first device has a scheduled function to be performed by the first device within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information associated with the user, the scheduled function involving the first device communicating with another device of another user;

determining by the processor a contact address for said another user by accessing the calendar information, responsive to determining that the first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure;

transferring by the processor information to said another user via the contact address, responsive to determining that the first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure; and

the first device repairing itself automatically by resolving the possible failure by performing a self-diagnosis and auto-correct procedure,

wherein the first device is a computer device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring information comprises one or more of,

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to the at said another user via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled meeting to be held, to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

informing the user, of the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring information to said another user comprises:

transmitting the contact address of said at least one other participant to a user'"'"'s second device,

wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said another user by the user'"'"'s second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transmitting is performed via a wireless communication medium.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the possible failure on the first device comprises one or more of:

a virus infecting the first device;

an intrusion on the first device;

a network failure;

or

a system failure;

or

combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a solution to the possible failure; and

notifying the user, of the solution.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subsequent to repairing the possible failure, notifying said another user by transmitting a message to the contact address of said another user that the user'"'"'s first device is repaired.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting the message to the contact address of said another user is performed by the user'"'"'s second device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting the message to the contact address of said another user is performed by the user'"'"'s first device.

11. A system for managing failure impact of a computing device, comprising:

a first device comprising at least one processor;

an impact failure manager module operable to execute on the processor and responsive to detecting a possible failure on the first device,

the impact failure manager further operable to determine whether a user of the first device has a scheduled function to be performed by the first device within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information associated with the user, the scheduled function involving the first device communicating with another device of another user,

the impact failure manager further operable to determine a contact address for said another user, responsive to determining that the first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure,

the impact failure manager further operable to transfer information to said another user via the contact address, responsive to determining that the first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure,

the first device operable to repair itself automatically by resolving the possible failure by performing a self-diagnosis and auto-correct procedure,

wherein the first device is a computer device,

wherein the processor is the first device'"'"'s secondary processor running a minimal operating system, wherein the first device further comprises a primary processor, the primary processor branching code to execute on the secondary processor responsive to detecting that the possible failure is associated with the primary processor.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the impact failure manager transfers information by one or more of:

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to said another user via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled function to be performed by the first device, to said another user via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the impact failure manager transfers information to said another user by transmitting the contact address of said another user to a user'"'"'s second device, wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said another user by the user'"'"'s second device.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of managing failure impact of a computing device, the method comprising:

generating an interrupt by a processor of a first device executing a monitoring software that detects a possible failure on the first device, wherein the processor is a secondary processor associated with the first device, the first device comprising a primary processor and the secondary processor, the secondary processor running a minimal operating system, wherein responsive to determining that the possible failure is associated with the primary processor, the primary processor branching a code to execute on the secondary processor;

determining whether a user of the first device has a scheduled function to be performed by the first device within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information associated with the user, the scheduled function involving the first device communicating with another device of another user;

determining a contact address for said another user by accessing the calendar information, responsive to determining that the first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure;

transferring information to said another user via the contact address, responsive to determining that first device is to perform the scheduled function within the time range of the possible failure; and

the first device repairing itself automatically by resolving the possible failure by performing a self-diagnosis and auto-correct procedure,

wherein the first device is a computer device.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the transferring information comprises one or more of,

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to said another user via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled function to be performed by the first device, to said another user via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

informing the user, of the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the transferring information to said another user comprises:

transmitting the contact address of said another user to a user'"'"'s second device,

wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said another user by the user'"'"'s second device.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the transmitting is performed via a wireless communication medium.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the possible failure comprises one or more of:

a virus infecting the first device;

an intrusion on the first device;

a network failure;

or

a system failure;

or

combinations thereof.