Methods, apparatus, and program products for analyzing context in a networked computing environment
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1. A computer controlled method comprising:
- monitoring, by a context monitor, communications between a plurality of components in a monitored environment;
maintaining a historical context of interactions between said plurality of components within said monitored environment;
analyzing said monitored environment using said historical context and the composition of said plurality of components to generate a situational assessment; and
providing said situational assessment responsive to the step of analyzing.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and program products for a context monitor that monitors communications between components in a monitored environment. The context monitor maintains a historical context of interactions between the components and analyzes the current monitored environment using the historical context and the composition of the components in the environment and returns a situational assessment of the environment.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer controlled method comprising:
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monitoring, by a context monitor, communications between a plurality of components in a monitored environment;
maintaining a historical context of interactions between said plurality of components within said monitored environment;
analyzing said monitored environment using said historical context and the composition of said plurality of components to generate a situational assessment; and
providing said situational assessment responsive to the step of analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a communications monitor configured to monitor communications between a plurality of components in a monitored environment;
a context mechanism configured to maintain a historical context of interactions between said plurality of components within said monitored environment;
a receiver mechanism configured to receive a request for a situational assessment of said monitored environment;
an analysis mechanism configured to analyze said monitored environment using said historical context and the composition of said plurality of components; and
a sending mechanism configured to provide said situational assessment responsive to the analysis mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable data carrier having computer readable code embodied therein comprising;
computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a communications monitor configured to monitor communications between a plurality of components in a monitored environment;
computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a context mechanism configured to maintain a historical context of interactions between said plurality of components within said monitored environment;
computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a receiver mechanism configured to receive a request for a situational assessment of said monitored environment;
computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect an analysis mechanism configured to analyze said monitored environment using said historical context and the composition of said plurality of components; and
computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a sending mechanism configured to provide said situational assessment responsive to the analysis mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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