Dynamic rule sets for generated logs

• US 7,177,896 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2001
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Inventors: Gray, Thomas, Kasvand, Tonis
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight; Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang; Sunray
• Application Number:
  US09/832,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20020010912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,134 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-202, 709220-230, 709/246, 379/32, 379/9.04, 379/9.03, 704/278, 717/4, 713/200, 700 2- 7
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2257 using expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/16 using machine learning or artificial intelligence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0095 Specification, development or application of network management software, e.g. software re-use

Abstract

A network administration system for automatically activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with the rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of the dynamic rule sets, and a program for receiving the error logs and for each of the rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by the error logs, reading the activation keys and one of either activating or deactivating the dynamic rule sets in accordance with the associated changes in status.

Claims

1. A network administration system comprising:

a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with said rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of other rule sets; and

program means for receiving said error logs from at least one of network devices and applications and for each of said rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either automatically activating or automatically deactivating said other rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status so as to cause the status of said other rule sets to change.

2. The network administration system of claim 1 wherein, said program means is implemented via pseudo-code comprising:

3. A method of automatically activating and deactivating rule sets in response to receipt error logs form network devices and applications, comprising the steps of:

manually activating predetermined rule sets having defined rule set criteria;

associating rule set activation keys with said predetermined rule sets, wherein said activation keys associated changes in status of other rule sets;

receiving said error logs; and

comparing said error logs with said predetermined rule sets and for each of said predetermined rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either automatically activating or automatically deactivating said other rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status so as to cause the status of said other rule sets to change.

4. A software product automatically activating and deactivating dynamic rule sets in response to receipt of error logs from network devices and applications, comprising:

a user interface for manually activating and deactivating rule sets having defined rule set criteria and for associating rule set activation keys with said rule sets, wherein said activation keys associate changes in status of other rule sets; and

program means for receiving said error logs from at least one of network devices and applications and for each of said rule sets in connection with which activation keys have been associated and whose criteria have been satisfied by said error logs, reading said activation keys and one of either automatically activating or automatically deactivating said other rule sets in accordance with said associated changes in status so as to cause the status of said other rule sets to change.

5. The software product of claim 4, wherein said program means is implemented via pseudo-code comprising: