OPERATING BEHAVIOR CLASSIFICATION INTERFACE

• US 20150222495A1
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Falkonry Inc.
• Original Assignee: Falkonry Inc.
• Inventors: MEHTA, NIKUNJ R., Bose, Prasanta
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,128 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating, causing display of, sending, or otherwise providing one or more interfaces for monitoring machines, classifying operating behavior of the machines, and/or predicting operational behavior of the machines. The interfaces may include a graphical user interface that that shows graphical elements changing in appearance over time according to a sequence of stored values that represent measurements. An interface manager may receive, via the graphical user interface, input comprising a label, and, based at least in part on the input, store the label in association with the displayed sequence or in association with a set or cluster of sequences that includes the displayed sequence.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

using a computing device, storing a set of one or more sequences of values that describe operating behavior of one or more machines that were observed over one or more windows of time, wherein the set is classified in one or more clusters of operating behavior, wherein at least one sequence of the one or more sequences of values changes over time as the machines operate;

using the computing device, causing display, on a display device, of one or more graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values;

using the computing device, receiving input comprising a label for the set, and, based at least in part on the input, storing the label in association with the set.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising causing display of graphical representations, wherein each graphical representation of the graphical representations represents a particular machine in a system, and wherein the graphical representations are displayed concurrently with the graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing color.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing size.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising pausing display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and resuming causing display of the detected event at least in part by causing display of one or more changes to the one or more graphical elements that correspond to the detected event.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising speeding up display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and slowing down display of the one or more graphical elements during the detected event.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising analyzing label inputs received for two or more sets of sequences of values that are classified in a particular cluster of the one or more clusters of operating behavior;

based at least in part on the label inputs, assigning the label to the particular cluster.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, from at least two different sources, conflicting label inputs for the set;

based at least in part on the conflicting label inputs, assigning the label to the set with a corresponding degree of likelihood.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, from at least two different sources, label inputs for two or more sets of sequences of values that are classified in a particular cluster of the one or more clusters of operating behavior;

based at least in part on the label inputs, assigning the label to the particular cluster.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing the display of the one or more graphical elements in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values including showing traversal of a negative status from a first machine to one or more other machines that are physically connected to the first machine.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed, cause performance of:

using a computing device, storing a set of one or more sequences of values that describe operating behavior of one or more machines that were observed over one or more windows of time, wherein the set is classified in one or more clusters of operating behavior, wherein at least one sequence of the one or more sequences of values changes over time as the machines operate;

using the computing device, causing display, on a display device, of one or more graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values;

using the computing device, receiving input comprising a label for the set, and, based at least in part on the input, storing the label in association with the set.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing display of graphical representations, wherein each graphical representation of the graphical representations represents a particular machine in a system, and wherein the graphical representations are displayed concurrently with the graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing changing appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing color.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing changing appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing size.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

pausing display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and resuming causing display of the detected event at least in part by causing display of one or more changes to the one or more graphical elements that correspond to the detected event.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

speeding up display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and slowing down display of the one or more graphical elements during the detected event.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

analyzing label inputs received for two or more sets of sequences of values that are classified in a particular cluster of the one or more clusters of operating behavior;

based at least in part on the label inputs, assigning the label to the particular cluster.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

receiving, from at least two different sources, conflicting label inputs for the set;

based at least in part on the conflicting label inputs, assigning the label to the set with a corresponding degree of likelihood.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

receiving, from at least two different sources, label inputs for two or more sets of sequences of values that are classified in a particular cluster of the one or more clusters of operating behavior;

based at least in part on the label inputs, assigning the label to the particular cluster.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

changing the display of the one or more graphical elements in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values including showing traversal of a negative status from a first machine to one or more other machines that are physically connected to the first machine.