Power supply event notification system for sending an electronic notification to multiple destinations
First Claim
1. An event notification system for a plurality of power supplies coupled to a computer network, the notification system comprising:
- a computer system connected to the computer network, the computer system being adapted to;
obtain data over the network from the plurality of power supplies;
compare the data obtained from the plurality of power supplies with data of at least one predetermined event to determine if a predetermined event has occurred;
store information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and a number of power supplies associated with the occurrence of the predetermined event; and
send an electronic notification to one or more predetermined destinations, the electronic notification including information about the occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred.
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Abstract
An event notification system for a plurality of power supplies coupled to a computer network is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the notification system includes a computer system connected to the computer network, wherein the computer system includes a database, a data retrieval program, a comparison program and an electronic notification program. The data retrieval program obtains data from the plurality of power supplies. The comparison program compares the data from the plurality of power supplies with data of at least one predetermined event to determine if a predetermined event has occurred. The database stores information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies associated with the occurrence of the predetermined event. The electronic notification program sends an electronic notification, which includes information about the occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred, to one or more predetermined destinations. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of providing notification of a predetermined event of a power supply is provided.
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44 Claims
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1. An event notification system for a plurality of power supplies coupled to a computer network, the notification system comprising:
a computer system connected to the computer network, the computer system being adapted to;
obtain data over the network from the plurality of power supplies;
compare the data obtained from the plurality of power supplies with data of at least one predetermined event to determine if a predetermined event has occurred;
store information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and a number of power supplies associated with the occurrence of the predetermined event; and
send an electronic notification to one or more predetermined destinations, the electronic notification including information about the occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A notification system for a plurality of power supplies coupled to a computer network, the notification system comprising:
a computer system connected to the computer network, the computer system including;
means for obtaining data from plurality of power supplies;
means for comparing the data from the plurality of power supplies with data of at least one predetermined event to determine if a predetermined event has occurred;
means for storing information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and a number of power supplies associated with the occurrence of the predetermined event; and
means for sending an e-mail to one or more predetermined destinations, the e-mail including information about the occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of providing over a computer network connected to a plurality of power supplies a notification of a predetermined event one of the plurality of power supplies, the method comprising:
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obtaining data over the computer network from the plurality of power supplies;
comparing the data obtained from at least one of the power supplies with data of at least one predetermined event to determine if the predetermined event has occurred;
storing information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred; and
sending over the computer network an electronic notification including information relating to the occurrence of the predetermined event arid the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for providing over a computer network connected to a plurality of power supplies a notification of a predetermined event one of the plurality of power supplies, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code means for causing the computer system to obtain data over the computer network from the plurality of power supplies;
computer readable program code means for causing the computer system to compare the data obtained from at least one of the power supplies with at least one predetermined event to determine if the predetermined event has occurred;
computer readable program code means for causing the computer system to store information relating to an occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred; and
computer readable program code means for causing the computer system to send over the computer network an electronic notification including information relating to the occurrence of the predetermined event and the number of the power supplies to which the event occurred. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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