Method and system for deduplicating status indications in a communications network
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of deduplicating status indications in a communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first instance of a first status indication from a communications network resource;
receiving a plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication;
determining that the plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication are duplicates of the first instance;
preventing the plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication from ripening into alarm notifications;
receiving a second status indication that stems from the same problem that generated said first status indication; and
storing respective timestamps of said first status indication and said second status indication.
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Abstract
A system, method, and medium for deduplicating multiple status indications within a telecommunications network is provided. A first and second instance of a status indication is received, and a determination is made as to whether the second instance is a duplicate of the first. If it is, it is not permitted to proceed to alarm status. Multiple alarm occurrences are represented as a single display item rather than separate alarms if desired.
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24 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of deduplicating status indications in a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving a first instance of a first status indication from a communications network resource; receiving a plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication; determining that the plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication are duplicates of the first instance; preventing the plurality of subsequent instances of the first status indication from ripening into alarm notifications; receiving a second status indication that stems from the same problem that generated said first status indication; and storing respective timestamps of said first status indication and said second status indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for reducing component status indications in a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a first alarm occurrence; storing in one or more data structures a first set of alarm information associated with the first alarm occurrence; receiving an indication of a second alarm occurrence; determining that the second alarm occurrence is a subsequent occurrence of the first alarm; respectively storing first and second timestamps associated with said first and second alarm occurrences; and updating the alarm information in the one or more data structures, and storing a second set of data related to the second alarm in the one or more data structures, whereby both first and second alarms are depicted on a graphical user as a single representation but the first and second sets of data are maintained. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article or manufacture, comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for reducing duplicate network alarms, the method comprising:
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generating a first key based on a first set of attributes associated with a first network-element status indication; generating a second key based on a second set of attributes associated with a second network-element status indication;
wherein the second key may be identical to the first key;storing the first key in a first data structure; determining that the second key is identical to the first key; removing the first key from the first data structure incident to determining that the second key is identical to the first key and replacing the first key with the second key; allowing only the first set of attributes to source an alarm; receiving multiple occurrences of said alarm; and respectively storing individual timestamps associated with each of said multiple alarm occurrences. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for removing duplicate alerts in a network, comprising:
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receiving a first indication of a first occurrence of a network-element problem; storing in a first data structure alarm information associated with the first indication; receiving a second indication of a second occurrence of the same network-element problem; determining that the second indication corresponds to the second occurrence of the same network-element problem; identifying the alarm information in the first data structure; and updating the alarm information consistent with the second indication, wherein said alarm information includes respective timestamps associated with each indication.
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