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Managing distributed analytics on device groups

  • US 9,886,321 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2012
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing end devices within a distributed system comprising:

  • receiving, at a management service running on a server, data from a user defining a limited group of end devices using group criteria, the group criteria being based on at least one dynamic device property, a time period in relation to the at least one dynamic device property, and a limited quantity of the end devices meeting the dynamic device property within the time period;

    selecting, at the management service running on the server, the end devices to include in the group based on times at which the end devices experience the dynamic device property, wherein only the limited quantity of the end devices experiencing the dynamic device property first are selected for the group;

    in response to a user request, propagating a management operation to online end devices in the group of end devices; and

    persisting the management operation at the management service until the management operation has been propagated to all end devices in the group of end devices.

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