Dynamic rule sets for generated logs

• US 20020010912A1
• Filed: 04/11/2001
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Inventors: Gray, Thomas, Kasvand, Tonis
• Granted Patent: US 7,177,896 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2257 using expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/16 using machine learning or artificial intelligence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0095 Specification, development or application of network management software, e.g. software re-use

Abstract

A network administration system for automatically activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with the rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of the dynamic rule sets, and a program for receiving the error logs and for each of the rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by the error logs, reading the activation keys and one of either activating or deactivating the dynamic rule sets in accordance with the associated changes in status.

Claims

1. A network administration system for automatically activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising:

a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with said rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of said dynamic rule sets; and

program means for receiving said error logs and for each of said rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either activating or deactivating said dynamic rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status.

2. The network administration system of claim 1, wherein said program means is implemented via pseudo-code comprising:

3. A method of activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising the steps of:

activating predetermined rule sets having defined rule set criteria;

associating rule set activation keys with said predetermined rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of said dynamic rule sets;

receiving said error logs; and

comparing said error logs with said predetermined rule sets and for each of said rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either activating or deactivating said dynamic rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status.

4. A software product for automatically activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising:

a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with said rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of said dynamic rule sets; and

program means for receiving said error logs and for each of said rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either activating or deactivating said dynamic rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status.

5. The software product of claim 4, wherein said program means is implemented via pseudo-code comprising: