Status reporting system
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, by an entity status controller in a first entity, an appropriate time for transmitting a status message reporting a status of the first entity to a second entity, wherein the first entity is a device subordinate to the second entity in a hierarchical network, the status of the first entity reflecting whether or not the first entity is active; and
transmitting, by an entity status reporting module in the first entity, the status message reporting the status of the first entity to the second entity, the status message including a list of identifications for active entities and a list of identifications for inactive entities, such that the second entity receives the status of the first entity and entities subordinate to the first entity in the hierarchical network,wherein the appropriate time for transmitting the status message is a predetermined time after the first entity is initialized or a time after the status of the first entity has stabilized.
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Abstract
A supervisor entity comprises an entity status module for maintaining status of its subordinate entities and updating the supervisor entity with status updates for itself and the subordinate entities. The entity status module comprises an entity status controller for receiving a status message from a first subordinate entity, a subordinate determination module for determining a second subordinate entity that is subordinate to the first subordinate entity, a status update module for updating the status of the second subordinate entity based on the received status message from the first subordinate entity, a status reporting module for reporting the updated status of the second subordinate entity to a supervisor entity and a status storage for storing the status of the second subordinate entity.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining, by an entity status controller in a first entity, an appropriate time for transmitting a status message reporting a status of the first entity to a second entity, wherein the first entity is a device subordinate to the second entity in a hierarchical network, the status of the first entity reflecting whether or not the first entity is active; and transmitting, by an entity status reporting module in the first entity, the status message reporting the status of the first entity to the second entity, the status message including a list of identifications for active entities and a list of identifications for inactive entities, such that the second entity receives the status of the first entity and entities subordinate to the first entity in the hierarchical network, wherein the appropriate time for transmitting the status message is a predetermined time after the first entity is initialized or a time after the status of the first entity has stabilized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An entity status reporting apparatus in a first entity for reporting a status of the first entity to a second entity, the apparatus comprising:
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an entity status controller in the first entity configured to determine an appropriate time for transmitting a status message reporting the status of the first entity to the second entity, wherein the first entity is a device subordinate to the second entity in a hierarchical network, the status of the first entity reflecting whether or not the first entity is active; and an entity status reporting module in the first entity, communicatively coupled to the entity status controller, configured to transmit the status message reporting the status of the first entity to the second entity, the status message including a list of identifications for active entities and a list of identifications of inactive entities, such that the second entity receives the status of the first entity and all entities subordinate to the first entity, wherein the entity status controller determines the appropriate time for transmitting the status message is a predetermined time after the first entity is initialized or a time after the status of the first entity has stabilized. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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