Deriving scenarios for workflow decision management

• US 20060155847A1
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, William A., Muirhead, Richard William, Reddington, Francis Xavier
• Application Number:
  US11/032,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20060155847A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for deriving a device usage scenario. Embodiments include maintaining a device state history; detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history; detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; and assigning a tolerance to the device usage scenario. Typical embodiments also include associating a workflow with the device usage scenario.

Claims

1. A method for deriving a device usage scenario, the method comprising:

maintaining a device state history;

detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; and

assigning a tolerance to the device usage scenario.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising associating a workflow with the device usage scenario.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises receiving a user selection of a device usage pattern.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises data mining the device state history.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises receiving a user selection of a device usage scenario.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises data mining a plurality of device usage records.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining a device state history further comprises recording a plurality of attribute values for a device.

8. A system for deriving a device usage scenario, the system comprising:

means for maintaining a device state history;

means for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

means for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; and

means for assigning a tolerance to the device usage scenario.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising means for associating a workflow with the device usage scenario.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein means for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises means for receiving a user selection of a device usage pattern.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein means for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises means for data mining the device state history.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein means for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises means for receiving a user selection of a device usage scenario.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein means for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises means for data mining a plurality of device usage records.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein means for maintaining a device state history further comprises means for recording a plurality of attribute values for a device.

15. A computer program product for deriving a device usage scenario, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for maintaining a device state history;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for assigning a tolerance to the device usage scenario.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating a workflow with the device usage scenario.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a user selection of a device usage pattern.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for data mining the device state history.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a user selection of a device usage scenario.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting a device usage scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for data mining a plurality of device usage records.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for maintaining a device state history further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for recording a plurality of attribute values for a device.