Method and apparatus for communication network alert message construction
First Claim
1. An event notification device for a communication network wherein there exist a plurality of types of events of which notification is provided, the notification device comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of code points associated with an event;
an index for cross referencing said code points to units of text corresponding to said code points;
text providing means coupled to the means for receiving said code points, for utilizing said index to provide said units of text; and
display means coupled to said text providing means for combining said units of text to form a display describing the event with which said code points are associated.
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Abstract
The construction and display of operator messages representative of alert conditions in a network is described. Code points, which are strings of bits, are generated in response to an event in a device attached to the network. The code points are used to index predefined tables that contain relatively short units of text messages in operator selectable languages to be used in building an operator'"'"'s information display. A product attached to a network, an alert sender, will generate a series of code points representative of desired display messages for an operator. The messages are indepedent of the specific alert sending product insofar as an alert receiver is concerned. The operator can also choose between detailed and general display messages. The code points are hierarchically arranged so that if the alert receiver does not have the most up to date set of messages, the alert receiver will display a more generic message which is still representative of the event.
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14 Claims
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1. An event notification device for a communication network wherein there exist a plurality of types of events of which notification is provided, the notification device comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of code points associated with an event; an index for cross referencing said code points to units of text corresponding to said code points; text providing means coupled to the means for receiving said code points, for utilizing said index to provide said units of text; and display means coupled to said text providing means for combining said units of text to form a display describing the event with which said code points are associated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of an alert receiver displaying event alerts in a communication network having a plurality of event generating products coupled thereto, wherein there exist a plurality of types of event alerts which are displayed, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of code points via said network which reference strings of text and which are associated with an event; retrieving said strings of text from storage locations indexed by said code points; combining said strings of text to from a message describing the event with which said code points are associated; and displaying said message to an operator. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An event notification device for a multiproduct communications network wherein at least some of the products connected to the network provide indications of events, and wherein there exist a plurality of types of events of which notification is provided, the notification device comprising:
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means for detecting an event in a product connected to the network; means for generating a plurality of code points associated with generic units of text which are representative of the detected event coupled to said means for detecting an event; and means for combining said code points to form an alert which identifies the generic units of text which describe the detected event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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