SYSTEM, ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING RESOURCE VARIATION

• US 20130246109A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Jain, Jhilmil, Lyons, Martha L., Lyon, Geoffrey M., Marwah, Manish
• Application Number:
  US13/988,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3079 the data filtering being achieved by reporting only the changes of the monitored data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3089 Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in sensing the monitored data, e.g. interfaces, connectors, sensors, probes, agents software debugging using additional hardware using a specific debug interface G06F11/3656; performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring G06F11/3466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A system and article are disclosed for annotating resource variation. In one example, the system discloses an installation 102, having a device 128 associated with a user 118, and a resource manager 107, 120 programmed with executable instructions, which detect a resource 104 variation 308 associated with the device 128, and label the resource variation with a user annotation 316 generated by the user. In another example, the system discloses a network resource manager service 107 programmed with executable instructions, which interface with an installation 102, having a set of sensors 126 and a set of devices 128 associated with a user 118, receive data from at least one of the sensors which detects a resource 104 variation 308 associated with at least one of the devices; and label the detected resource variation with a user annotation 316.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an installation 102, having a device 128 associated with a user 118; and

a resource manager 107, 120 programmed with executable instructions, including;

detecting a resource 104 variation 308 associated with the device 128; and

labeling the resource variation with a user annotation 316 generated by the user.

2. The system of claim 1:

further comprising another installation 103, which forms a community with the installation 102, and includes another community user; and

wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for;

incorporating another user annotation generated by the another community user into the annotation 315, 316; and

labeling the resource variation with the annotation 315, 316.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the resource variation comprises at least one from a group including:

resource usage, resource generation, and resource recycling.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the resource 104 comprises at least one from a group including:

electricity 108, water 110, gas 112, telecommunication 114, network bandwidth 116, use of network bandwidth 116, cloud services resources 116, and other resources 116.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the installation 102 comprises at least one from a group including:

a home, a business, a city, a utility, a production line, a smart-grid, a region, a transmission line, and a recycling facility.

6. The system of claim 1,

wherein the installation further includes a sensor 126;

wherein the instructions further include detecting the resource variation with the sensor; and

wherein the sensor comprises at least one from a group including;

an electric sensor, a water sensor, a gas sensor, a data sensor, a network sensor, a volume sensor, a weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a chemical sensor, and a biological sensor.

7. A system, comprising:

a network resource manager service 107 programmed with executable instructions, including;

interfacing with an installation 102, having a set of sensors 126 and a set of devices 128 associated with a user 118;

receiving data from at least one of the sensors which detects a resource 104 variation 308 associated with at least one of the devices; and

labeling the detected resource variation with a user annotation 316.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the detected resource variation is at least one from a group including:

a change-point, a trend, missing data, a pattern, and an anomaly.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the user annotation is at least one from a group including:

a device replacement annotation, a device failure annotation, a device state change annotation, a user behavior annotation, and an installation state change annotation.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for:

presenting the user with an annotation request 314, in response to the detected resource variation; and

receiving the user annotation 316, in response to the annotation request 314.

11. The system of claim 10:

further comprising another installation 103, which forms a community with the installation 102, and which is associated with another community user; and

wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for;

receiving a tip 316 from the community user, in response to the annotation request 314; and

incorporating the tip into a resource manager annotation 315 which is generated by the network resource manager 107 in response to the annotation request 314.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for:

presenting the tip to a set of community installations; and

receiving feedback on a usefulness of the tip, from the community.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for:

receiving a user annotation 316 from the user, which includes a planned change to the installation 102, having a planned effect on the detected resource variation 308; and

verifying whether the planned effect occurred.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the resource manager further includes instructions for:

presenting the user with a notification, in response to the detected resource variation 308, wherein the notification includes at least one from a group including;

a community tip, an action request, a task assignment, a voluntary user action, a remediation request, a reward, a badge, a certification, a warning, a penalty, a device control signal.

15. An article comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a computer system to:

detect a resource 104 variation 308 associated with a set of device 128 associated with a user 118;

label the resource variation with a set of user annotations 316 generated by the user; and

divide the resource variation into a set of resource variations corresponding to each of the devices, using the set of user annotations.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein set of user annotations includes:

a set of device state changes, including at least one from a group including;

device ON, device OFF, and device MODE.