Method and system for administering devices with multiple user metric spaces

• US 8,180,885 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2007
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William Kress, Burkhart, Michael John, Eisenhauer, Daniel Gene, Schumacher, Daniel Mark, Watson, Thomas James
• Primary Examiner(s): TODD, GREGORY G
• Application Number:
  US11/769,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,784 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-203, 709223-225, 709/217, 702/127, 702/193, 702/188, 340/5.2, 340/5.52, 340/5.8, 340/5.82, 600/300
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Method for administering devices, including creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a plurality of user metric spaces, each user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, and selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space. Methods also include determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector, if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, and executing the action.

Claims

1. A method for administering devices, the method comprising:

creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, each user metric representing an indication of a user'"'"'s physical condition, wherein the user metric vector is a single data structure that includes the plurality of disparate user metrics;

creating a plurality of user metric spaces, wherein each user metric space is a data structure that includes a plurality of metric ranges for a plurality of disparate user metrics;

selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space, wherein the selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, the user metric space comprises selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon a calendar data;

determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space wherein said determining comprises,

calculating a user metric value utilizing said plurality of disparate user metrics of said user metric vector,

calculating a metric space value utilizing said user metric space, and

comparing said user metric value and said metric space value;

if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector; and

executing the action.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises retrieving a metric space from a metric space table in dependence upon a metric space ID.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises receiving a metric space ID from a user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric comprises comparing the value of the user metric with a table.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector includes retrieving an action ID from an action list.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein executing an action includes identifying a device class representing a device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein executing an action includes identifying a communication class for the device.

9. A system for administering devices, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, each user metric representing an indication of a user'"'"'s physical condition, wherein the user metric vector is a single data structure that includes the plurality of disparate user metrics;

creating a plurality of user metric spaces, wherein each user metric space is a data structure that includes a plurality of metric ranges for a plurality of disparate user metrics;

selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space, wherein the selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, the user metric space includes selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon a calendar data;

determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space wherein said determining comprises,

calculating a user metric value utilizing said plurality of disparate user metrics of said user metric vector,

calculating a metric space value utilizing said user metric space, and

comparing said user metric value and said metric space value;

if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector; and

executing the action.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space includes retrieving a metric space from a metric space table in dependence upon a metric space ID.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space includes receiving a metric space ID from a user.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space includes selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric includes comparing the value of the user metric with a table.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector includes retrieving an action ID from an action list.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein executing an action includes identifying a device class representing the device.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein executing an action includes identifying a communication class for the device.

17. A computer program product for administering devices, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory recording medium;

computer program instructions for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, each user metric representing an indication of a user'"'"'s physical condition, wherein the user metric vector is a single data structure that includes the plurality of disparate user metrics;

computer program instructions for creating a plurality of user metric spaces, wherein each user metric space is a data structure that includes a plurality of metric ranges for a plurality of disparate user metrics;

computer program instructions for selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space, wherein computer program instructions for the selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, the user metric space comprises computer program instructions for selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon a calendar data;

computer program instructions for determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space wherein said computer program instructions for determining comprises,

computer program instructions for calculating a user metric value utilizing said plurality of disparate user metrics of said user metric vector,

computer program instructions for calculating a metric space value utilizing said user metric space, and

computer program instructions for comparing said user metric value and said metric space value;

if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, computer program instructions for identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector; and

computer program instructions for executing the action.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises computer program instructions for retrieving a metric space from a metric space table in dependence upon a metric space ID.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises computer program instructions for receiving a metric space ID from a user.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for selecting, from a plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space comprises computer program instructions for selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for selecting a metric space ID in dependence upon the value of a user metric comprises computer program instructions for comparing the value of the user metric with a table.

22. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector includes computer program instructions for retrieving an action ID from an action list.

23. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for executing an action includes computer program instructions for identifying a device class representing the device.

24. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein computer program instructions for executing an action includes me computer program instructions for identifying a communication class for the device.