DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF SERVICE INDICATORS BASED UPON SERVICE PERSONNEL PROXIMITY

• US 20160164856A1
• Filed: 02/17/2016
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Global Technologies International Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Bower, Fred, Cai, Qiu Shuang, Chen, Lu, Xu, Ye
• Granted Patent: US 9,635,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic activation of service indicators based upon service personnel proximity. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic activation of service indicators based upon service personnel proximity is provided. The method includes receiving at an enclosure of different hardware devices in a data center, a message for personnel proximity based activation of a service indicator lamp and activating a presence sensor in response to receiving the message. The method also includes responding to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor by activating the service indicator lamp of the enclosure.

Claims

1. A method for dynamic activation of service indicators based upon service personnel proximity, the method comprising:

receiving at an enclosure of different hardware devices in a data center, a message for personnel proximity based activation of a service indicator lamp;

activating a presence sensor in response to receiving the message; and

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responsive to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor, activating the service indicator lamp of the enclosure, authenticating the individual, and displaying message text of the message in a management console of the enclosure only if the individual authenticates.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor, de-activating all other indicator lamps in the enclosure.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying message text of the message in a management console of the enclosure responsive to presence sensing the individual by the presence sensor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the presence sensor is an infrared sensor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the presence sensor is a Wi-Fi access point detecting a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device of the individual scanning for Wi-Fi access points.

3. (canceled)

7. A data processing system configured for dynamic activation of service indicators based upon service personnel proximity, the system comprising:

an enclosure enclosing a plurality of different hardware devices in a data center;

a management console managing the enclosure;

a service indicator lamp amongst several lamps coupled to the enclosure;

a presence sensor disposed in the enclosure; and

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a service indicator activation module executing in memory of one of the hardware devices, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution to receive a message for personnel proximity based activation of the service indicator lamp, to activate the presence sensor in response to receiving the message, and, responsive to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor, activating the service indicator lamp of the enclosure, authenticating the individual, and displaying message text of the message in a management console of the enclosure only if the individual authenticates.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the program code is further enabled to respond to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor by de-activating all others of the lamps in the enclosure.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the program code is further enabled to display message text of the message in the management console responsive to presence sensing the individual by the presence sensor.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the presence sensor is an infrared sensor.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the presence sensor is a Wi-Fi access point detecting a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device of the individual scanning for Wi-Fi access points.

9. (canceled)

13. A computer program product for dynamic activation of service indicators based upon service personnel proximity, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code for receiving at an enclosure of different hardware devices in a data center, a message for personnel proximity based activation of a service indicator lamp;

computer readable program code for activating a presence sensor in response to receiving the message; and

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computer readable program code for responding to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor by activating the service indicator lamp of the enclosure, authenticating the individual, and displaying message text of the message in a management console of the enclosure only if the individual authenticates.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code for responding to presence sensing an individual by the presence sensor by de-activating all other indicator lamps in the enclosure.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code for displaying message text of the message in a management console of the enclosure responsive to presence sensing the individual by the presence sensor.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the presence sensor is an infrared sensor.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the presence sensor is a Wi-Fi access point detecting a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device of the individual scanning for Wi-Fi access points.

15. (canceled)