Error report management
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1. An apparatus for managing error reporting for network devices, said apparatus comprising:
- a monitoring part that monitors for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device;
a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords; and
a processing part that processes the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generates and outputs an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing error reporting in an information technology environment in which a plurality of information technology devices are connected to a network.
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1. An apparatus for managing error reporting for network devices, said apparatus comprising:
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a monitoring part that monitors for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords; and a processing part that processes the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generates and outputs an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for managing error reporting for network devices, said apparatus comprising:
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a monitoring part that monitors for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords; and a processing part that processes the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generates and outputs an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, wherein the processing part associates each of the alert notifications with a priority level, based on device location information indicating a current location of the corresponding network device; and the processing part processes the alert notifications based on the associated priority levels to filter the alert notifications based on the specified criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method for an error reporting management apparatus to manage error reporting, in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said method comprising:
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monitoring for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; providing in the error reporting management apparatus a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords from a user of the error reporting management apparatus; processing the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part by the user of the error reporting management apparatus, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generating and outputting an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part; associating each of the alert notifications with a priority level, based on device location information indicating a current location of the corresponding network device; and processing the alert notifications based on the associated priority levels to filter the alert notifications based on a specified criteria, and generating the error report indicating only specific ones of the alert notifications matching the specified criteria. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for an error reporting management apparatus to manage error reporting, in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said method comprising:
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monitoring for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; providing in the error reporting management apparatus a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords from a user of the error reporting management apparatus; processing the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part by the user of the error reporting management apparatus, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generating and outputting an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part.
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14. A method for an error reporting management apparatus to manage error reporting, in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said method comprising:
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monitoring for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; providing in the error reporting management apparatus a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords from a user of the error reporting management apparatus; processing the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part by the user of the error reporting management apparatus, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generating and outputting an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part; storing location-priority information identifying a plurality of office locations and, for each of the office locations, a corresponding priority level; determining, based on device location information indicating a current location of a first network device, that the first network device is located at a first office location identified in the location-priority information; associating the alert notification with a first priority level corresponding to the first office location, as identified in the location-priority information; and processing the alert notifications based on the associated priority levels to filter the alert notifications based on specified criteria, and generating the error report indicating only specific ones of the alert notifications matching the specified criteria.
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15. A method for an error reporting management apparatus to manage error reporting, in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said method comprising:
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monitoring for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; providing in the error reporting management apparatus a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords from a user of the error reporting management apparatus; processing the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part by the user of the error reporting management apparatus, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generating and outputting an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part; storing user-priority information identifying a plurality of users and, for each of the users, a corresponding priority level; determining, based on user identification information indicating a user associated with a first network device, that a first user identified in the user-priority information is the user associated with the first network device; associating the alert notification with a first priority level corresponding to the first user, as identified in the user-priority information; and processing the alert notifications based on the associated priority levels to filter the alert notifications based on specified criteria, and generating the error report indicating only specific ones of the alert notifications matching the specified criteria.
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16. A method for an error reporting management apparatus to manage error reporting, in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said method comprising:
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monitoring for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; providing in the error reporting management apparatus a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords from a user of the error reporting management apparatus; processing the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part by the user of the error reporting management apparatus, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generating and outputting an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part; associating each of the alert notifications with a priority level; storing destination information identifying a plurality of priority levels and, for each of the priority levels, a corresponding notification destination; and selectively transmitting each alert notification to the notification destination corresponding to the associated priority level of the alert notification, as indicated in the destination information.
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17. A system for managing error reporting in a network to which a plurality of network devices are connected, said system comprising:
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the plurality of network devices; and an error reporting management apparatus comprising; a monitoring part configured to monitor for alert notifications received from one or more network devices, the alert notifications including comments entered by a user of a network device; a specify criteria interface part to receive user entry of one or more keywords; and a processing part that processes the alert notifications to filter the alert notifications based on the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, including comparing the keywords to the user-entered comments in the alert notifications, and generates and outputs an error report that indicates only specific ones of the alert notifications that include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part and does not indicate any alert notification that does not include words in the user-entered comments that match the keywords entered through the specify criteria interface part, wherein the error reporting management apparatus stores user-priority information identifying a plurality of users and, for each of the users, a corresponding priority level, and in a case that the processing part determines, based on user identification information indicating a user associated with a first network device, that a first user identified in the user-priority information is the user associated with the first network device, then the processing part associates the alert notification with a first priority level corresponding to the first user, as identified in the user-priority information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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