CONTROLLING COMPUTER NODES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

• US 20150163103A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bodine, Gregory Lewis, Kleinschnitz, Don, Bodine, Josef, Kleinschnitz, James D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0784 Routing of error reports, e.g. with a specific transmission path or data flow
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation

Abstract

Some embodiments are directed to a computer node that communicates a report message containing information to a social media server to cause publishing of the information to other computer nodes tracking publishing on the social media server by the computer node. The computer node receives a response message from one of the other computer nodes through the social media server, and operates based on the response message. Related embodiments are directed to another computer node that communicates with a social media server to track information published by report messages from other computer nodes, generates a response message based on the information published by one of the other computer nodes, and communicates the response message to the social media server to cause publishing of content of the response message to the other computer nodes.

Claims

1. A computer node comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

communicating a report message containing information to a social media server to cause publishing of the information through the social media server to other computer nodes tracking publishing on the social media server by the computer node;

receiving a response message from one of the other computer nodes through the social media server; and

operating the computer node based on the response message.

2. The computer node of claim 1, wherein:

communicating the report message comprises posting the information to the social media server with an identifier that is tracked by the other computer nodes.

3. The computer node of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:

selecting the identifier from among a plurality of defined identifiers that identify different groupings of messages published by the social media server which can be separately tracked by the other computer nodes.

4. The computer node of claim 3, wherein:

the operations further comprise determining an operational condition of the computer node or a monitored device; and

selecting the identifier from among the plurality of defined identifiers based on the operational condition.

5. The computer node of claim 2, wherein receiving the response message comprises:

tracking informational postings by the other computer nodes to the social media server; and

identifying one of the informational postings by the one of the other computer nodes as being responsive to the report message.

6. The computer node of claim 5, wherein operating the computer node based on the response message, comprises:

selecting an action among a plurality of defined actions based on the one of the informational postings identified as being responsive to the report message; and

performing the action selected among the plurality of defined actions.

7. The computer node of claim 1, wherein:

communicating the report message to the social media server comprises communicating a web feed containing the information with an identifier that is tracked by the other computer nodes.

8. The computer node of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

selecting the identifier from among a plurality of defined identifiers that identify different groupings of web feeds maintained by the social media server which can be separately tracked by the other computer nodes.

9. The computer node of claim 7, wherein the web feed comprises a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed containing the information with the identifier that is tracked by the other computer nodes.

10. The computer node of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining an operational condition of the computer node or a monitored device; and

generating the information indicative of the operational condition for communication within the report message to the social media server.

11. The computer node of claim 10, wherein generating the information indicative of the operational condition for communication within the report message to the social media server, comprises:

generating a text string informational description of the operational condition; and

embedding the text string informational description in the report message.

12. The computer node of claim 10, wherein generating the information indicative of the operational condition for communication within the report message to the social media server, comprises:

generating a graphical informational description of the operational condition; and

embedding the graphical informational description in the report message.

13. The computer node of claim 10, wherein

determining the operational condition comprises detecting a possible operational fault of the computer node or the monitored device;

communicating the report message comprises publishing the information indicative of the possible operational fault through the social media server to the other computer nodes;

receiving the response message comprises receiving analysis information, relating to the possible operational fault, published by the one of the other computer nodes to the social media server; and

operating the computer node based on the response message comprises posting the analysis information received in the response message from the one of the other computer nodes to the social media server with an identifier that is tracked by the other computer nodes.

14. The computer node of claim 10, wherein

determining the operational condition comprises detecting a possible operational fault of the computer node or the monitored device;

communicating the report message comprises publishing the information indicative of the possible operational fault through the social media server to the other computer nodes;

receiving the response message comprises receiving analysis information, relating to the possible operational fault, published by the one of the other computer nodes to the social media server; and

operating the computer node based on the response message comprises performing a remedial action to attempt to remedy the possible operational fault based on the analysis information.

15. The computer node of claim 14, wherein generating the information indication of the operational condition of the computer node comprises indicating at least one of an error arising while processing an application on the computer node, a protected memory space access violation by an application while being processed on the computer node, an available memory space of the computer node that is usable to process an application not satisfying a defined threshold, an available communication bandwidth of the computer node that is usable by an application not satisfying a defined threshold, and an available processing bandwidth of the computer node that is used to process an application not satisfying a defined threshold.

16. A computer node comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

communicating with a social media server to track information published on the social media server by report messages from a plurality of other computer nodes;

generating a response message based on the information published on the social media server by one of the other computer nodes; and

communicating the response message to the social media server to cause publishing of content of the response message through the social media server to the other computer nodes.

17. The computer node of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining an operational condition of one of the other computer nodes based on the information; and

selecting the second identifier from among a plurality of defined identifiers that identify different groupings of messages published by the social media server which can be separately tracked by the other computer nodes, based on the operational condition.

18. The computer node of claim 16, wherein:

communicating with the social media server to track information published on the social media server by report messages from the plurality of other computer nodes, comprises tracking information posting to the social media server having a first identifier that is tracked by the computer node; and

communicating the response message to the social media server comprises posting the response message to the social media server including a second identifier that is tracked by the other computer nodes.

19. The computer node of claim 16, wherein:

communicating with the social media server to track information published on the social media server by report messages from the plurality of other computer nodes, comprises receiving a web feed containing the information with an identifier that is tracked by the computer node.

20. The computer node of claim 16, wherein:

communicating with the social media server to track information published on the social media server by report messages from the plurality of other computer nodes, comprises receiving a text string informational description of an operational condition determined by the one of the other computer nodes; and

generating the response message based on the information published on the social media server by the one of the other computer nodes, comprises;

detecting a possible operational fault of the one of the other computer nodes based on the text string informational description;

generating analysis information relating to the possible operational fault; and

generating the response message containing the analysis information.

21. The computer node of claim 16, wherein the analysis information indicates a remedial action for the one of the other computer nodes to take to remedy at least one of an error associated with processing an application, a protected memory space access violation by an application being processed, an available memory space that is usable to process an application not satisfying a defined threshold, an available communication bandwidth that is usable by an application not satisfying a defined threshold, and an available processing bandwidth that is used to process an application not satisfying a defined threshold.