Administering devices in dependence upon metric patterns

• US 20050050137A1
• Filed: 08/29/2003
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• 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:
  US10/651,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20050050137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices within a network. Such embodiments include receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics and determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern. If the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern, such embodiments also include identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern, and executing the action within the network. In typical embodiments, a predetermined metric pattern includes a plurality of predetermined generic metrics.

Claims

1. A method for administering devices within a network, the method comprising:

receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern;

if the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern, identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern; and

executing the action within the network.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a predetermined metric pattern comprises a plurality of predetermined generic metrics.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern comprises comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of predetermined generic metrics associated with a metric pattern.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern comprises retrieving an action ID from an action list associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein executing the action within the network comprises identifying a device class representing the device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein executing the action within the network comprises identifying a communication class for the device.

8. A system for administering devices within a network, the system comprising:

means for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

means for determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern;

if the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern, means for identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern; and

means for executing the action within the network.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein means for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises means for receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein a predetermined metric pattern comprises a plurality of predetermined generic metrics.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein means for determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern comprises means for comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of predetermined generic metrics associated with a metric pattern.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein means for identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern comprises means for retrieving an action ID from an action list associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein means for executing the action within the network comprises means for identifying a device class representing the device.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein means for executing the action within the network comprises means for identifying a communication class for the device.

15. A computer program product for administering devices within a network, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern;

if the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern, means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern; and

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

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein a predetermined metric pattern comprises a plurality of predetermined generic metrics.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining whether the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network match a predetermined metric pattern comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of predetermined generic metrics associated with a metric pattern.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action in dependence upon the predetermined metric pattern comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving an action ID from an action list associated with the predetermined metric pattern.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the action within the network comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a device class representing the device.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the action within the network comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a communication class for the device.