Method for Generating an Updates Status Alert in a Device
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Abstract
A method for generating an update status alert at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with a respective participating device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving broadcast status information from each of the participating devices; aggregating the received status information to derive a consensus of the status information received from each of the participating devices; comparing the derived consensus with the status of the monitored entity of the receiving device; detecting a difference between the derived consensus and the status of the monitored entity; and in dependence of a difference being determined, generating an update status alert at the receiving device.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for generating an alert for a monitored entity at a receiving device, said receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, at least some of said participating devices comprising a monitored entity of the same device type as the monitored entity in said receiving device, the method comprising:
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receiving status information about said same device type from said receiving device and from each of said participating devices comprising a monitored entity of said same device type; aggregating the status information received from said participating devices to derive a device type status consensus for said device type; comparing the device type status consensus with the status of the monitored entity at said receiving device; establishing a difference between the device type status consensus and the status of the monitored entity in said receiving device; and generating an alert for the monitored entity at said receiving device as a function of the established difference. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product for generating an alert for a monitored entity at a receiving device, said receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, at least some of said participating devices comprising a monitored entity of the same device type as the monitored entity in said receiving device, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to receive status information about said same device type from said receiving device and from each of said participating devices comprising a monitored entity of said same device type; computer usable program code configured to aggregate the status information received from said participating devices to derive a device type status consensus for said device type; computer usable program code configured to compare the device type status consensus with the status of the monitored entity at said receiving device; computer usable program code configured establish a difference between the device type status consensus and the status of the monitored entity in said receiving device; and computer usable program code configured to generate an alert for the monitored entity at said receiving device as a function of the established difference. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for generating an alert for a monitored entity at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with the respective participating device, each of said monitored entities being of the same type, the system comprising:
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a receiving component for receiving status information about said same device type from said receiving device and from each of said participating devices comprising a monitored entity of said same device type; an aggregation component for aggregating the status information received from said participating devices to derive a device type status consensus for said device type; a comparing component for comparing the derived device type status consensus with the status of the monitored entity at said receiving device; a detecting component for establishing a difference between the derived device type status consensus and the status of the monitored entity at said receiving device; and a generation component for generating an alert for the monitored entity at said receiving device as a function of the established difference. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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