FAILURE IMPACT MANAGER

• US 20150339618A1
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Farrell, Robert G., Kanevsky, Dimitri, Malkin, Peter K., Sainath, Tara N.
• Granted Patent: US 10,007,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0769 Readable error formats, e.g. cross-platform generic formats, human understandable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

A possible failure of a first device may be identified. Whether a user of the first device has a scheduled meeting to be held within a time range of the possible failure, may be determined by accessing calendar information. Responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure, at least one other participant of the scheduled meeting may be determined by accessing the calendar information, a contact address for said at least one other participant may be determined, and information may be transferred to the at least one other participant via the contact address.

Claims

1. A method of managing failure impact of a computing device, comprising:

identifying, automatically by a processor, a possible failure of a first device;

determining whether a user of the first device has a scheduled meeting to be held within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information;

determining at least one other participant of the scheduled meeting by accessing the calendar information, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure;

determining a contact address for said at least one other participant, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure; and

transferring information to the at least one other participant via the contact address, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring information comprises one or more of,

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled meeting to be held, to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

informing the user, of the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring information to the least one other participant comprises:

transmitting the contact address of said at least one other participant to a user'"'"'s second device,

wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said at least one other participant by the user'"'"'s second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transmitting is performed via a wireless communication medium.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying comprises one or more of:

detecting a virus infecting the first device;

detecting an intrusion on the first device;

detecting a network failure;

or

detecting a system failure;

or

combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the processor includes a processor of the first device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a solution to the possible failure; and

notifying the user, of the solution.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subsequent to repairing the possible failure, notifying said at least one participant by transmitting a message to the contact address of said at least one participant that the user'"'"'s first device is repaired.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the message to the contact address of said at least one participant is performed by the user'"'"'s second device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the message to the contact address of said at least one participant is performed by the user'"'"'s first device.

12. A system for managing failure impact of a computing device, comprising:

a first device comprising at least one processor;

an impact failure manager module operable to execute on the processor and further operable to identify a possible failure of the first device,

the impact failure manager further operable to determine whether a user of the first device has a scheduled meeting to be held within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information,

the impact failure manager further operable to determine at least one other participant of the scheduled meeting by accessing the calendar information, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure,

the impact failure manager further operable to determine a contact address for said at least one other participant, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure,

the impact failure manager further operable to transfer information to the at least one other participant via the contact address, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the impact failure manager transfers information by one or more of:

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled meeting to be held, to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the impact failure manager transfers information to the least one other participant by transmitting the contact address of said at least one other participant to a user'"'"'s second device, wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said at least one other participant by the user'"'"'s second device.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of managing failure impact of a computing device, the method comprising:

identifying a possible failure of a first device;

determining whether a user of the first device has a scheduled meeting to be held within a time range of the possible failure, by accessing calendar information;

determining at least one other participant of the scheduled meeting by accessing the calendar information, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure;

determining a contact address for said at least one other participant, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure; and

transferring information to the at least one other participant via the contact address, responsive to determining that the user has the scheduled meeting to be held within the time range of the possible failure.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the transferring information comprises one or more of,

sending information associated with the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

transferring data stored on the first device and associated with the scheduled meeting to be held, to the at least one other participant via the contact address;

or

combinations thereof.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

informing the user, of the possible failure of the user'"'"'s first device.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the transferring information to the least one other participant comprises:

transmitting the contact address of said at least one other participant to a user'"'"'s second device,

wherein a notification is sent to the contact address of said at least one other participant by the user'"'"'s second device.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the transmitting is performed via a wireless communication medium.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the identifying comprises one or more of:

detecting a virus infecting the first device;

detecting an intrusion on the first device;

detecting a network failure;

or

detecting a system failure;

or

combinations thereof.