Administering devices in dependence upon predefined condition spaces

• US 20050033744A1
• Filed: 08/07/2003
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, Thomas J., Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Burkhart, Michael John, Bodin, William Kress, Eisenhauer, Daniel G.
• Application Number:
  US10/637,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20050033744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. The method comprises creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user, selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector, identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space, and executing the action. In many example embodiments, selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector includes retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector. In some example embodiments, retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises comparing the user metric vector with a plurality of predefined condition space stored in the database.

Claims

1. A method for administering devices, the method comprising:

creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user;

selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector;

identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space; and

executing the action.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises comparing the user metric vector with a plurality of predefined condition spaces stored in the database.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon a user attribute.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein selecting a predefined condition space for a user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises:

retrieving a user metric space for the user;

determining a degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space; and

identifying a predefined condition space in dependence upon the degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises prioritizing the selected predefined condition space over another predefined condition space for another user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises retrieving an action list from the prioritized predefined condition space.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user comprises:

receiving a plurality of disparate unfiltered metrics from a plurality of users;

filtering the plurality of unfiltered disparate metrics for a user; and

associating the filtered disparate user metrics with the user metric vector.

9. A system for administering devices, the system comprising:

means for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user;

means for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector;

means for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space; and

means for executing the action.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein means for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein means for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means for comparing the user metric vector with a plurality of predefined condition spaces stored in the database.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein means for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon a user attribute.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein means for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises:

means for retrieving a user metric space for the user;

means for determining a degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space; and

means for identifying a predefined condition space in dependence upon the degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein means for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises means for prioritizing the selected predefined condition space over another predefined condition space for another user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein means for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises means for retrieving an action list from the prioritized predefined condition space.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein means for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user comprises:

means for receiving a plurality of disparate unfiltered metrics from a plurality of users;

means for filtering the plurality of unfiltered disparate metrics for a user; and

means for associating the filtered disparate user metrics with the user metric vector.

17. A computer program product for administering devices, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the action.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for comparing the user metric vector with a plurality of predefined condition spaces stored in the database.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving a predefined condition space from a database in dependence upon a user attribute.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon the user metric vector comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving a user metric space for the user;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining a degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a predefined condition space in dependence upon the degree to which the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.

22. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for prioritizing the selected predefined condition space over another predefined condition space for another user.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action in dependence upon the selected predefined condition space comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving an action list from the prioritized predefined condition space.

24. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a plurality of disparate unfiltered metrics from a plurality of users;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for filtering the plurality of unfiltered disparate metrics for a user; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating the filtered disparate user metrics with the user metric vector.