Contextual drill through in an event management system

• US 20040139450A1
• Filed: 01/14/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Turner, Richard, Massey, Christoper C., Hope, Clifford C.
• Application Number:
  US10/342,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20040139450A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A contextual drill through method and system, for use in an event management system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining data related to one or more elements of a notification; and providing access to said data from said notification.

Claims

1. A contextual drill through method for use in an event management system, comprising the steps of:

determining data related to one or more elements of a notification; and

providing access to said data from said notification.

2. A contextual drill through system, for use in an event management system, comprising:

a determiner for determining data related to one or more elements of a notification; and

an access provider for providing access to said data from said notification.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said event management system has access to at least one data source and includes:

a server component having;

an agent engine for creating one or more agents; and

a scheduler for running said created agents;

a definition data store for storing data definitions;

a client component for authoring said agents using said definitions; and

an interface between said agent engine and said data source.

4. The system according to claim 3, further including an event data store for maintaining a history of events.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein two or more data sources are pooled to improve system efficiency.

6. A contextual drill through system, for use in an event management system, comprising:

means for determining data related to one or more elements of a notification; and

means for providing access to said data from said notification.

7. A storage medium readable by a computer encoding a computer process to provide a method for a contextual drill through method, for use in an event management system, the computer process comprising:

a processing portion for determining data related to one or more elements of a notification; and

a processing portion for providing access to said data from said notification.