Alerting a user of an indicated impact of a command

• US 9,740,508 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cox, Susan M., Janakiraman, Janani, Lu, Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Sisley
• Application Number:
  US14/832,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20170052792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

Disclosed aspects include alerting a user of an indicated impact of a command using a weight for the command. Using a set of command data which indicates an impact of a first command, a first weight for the first command is established. By monitoring a user, a predicted execution of the first command is detected. By comparing the first weight with a threshold weight, a determination is made to provide an alert to the user. In response to making the determination, the alert is provided to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of alerting a user of an indicated impact of a command of a computer using a weight for the command of the computer, the method comprising:

analyzing a set of command data which maps to an impact of a first command of the computer;

configuring the set of command data to include a user-provided weighting-factor which is based on a user input;

analyzing the user-provided weighting-factor which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer;

establishing, based on analyzing the set of command data which indicates the impact of the first command of the computer, a first weight for the first command of the computer, wherein the first weight indicates a relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer among one or more commands of the computer;

monitoring a user utilizing a sensory detection device to detect an execution of the first command on the computer;

predicting, based on monitoring the user utilizing the sensory detection device, the execution of the first command on the computer;

detecting, by utilizing the sensory detection device to monitor the user, the predicted execution of the first command on the computer;

comparing the first weight with a threshold weight;

resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

determining to provide an alert to the user both based on and in response to resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

providing, in response to determining to provide the alert to the user, the alert to the user to notify the user of the relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer;

providing a suggested command for execution in a first application program on the computer to the user to replace the first command for execution in a second application program on the computer; and

preventing, to provide the user an opportunity to handle the alert, execution of the first command for a temporal period.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the predicted execution of the first command based on a set of finger positions of the user utilizing the sensory detection device, wherein the sensory detection device is selected from the group consisting of;

a video camera and a still image camera.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the first command with respect to the set of command data; and

identifying, based on and in response to analyzing the first command with respect to the set of command data, a triggering event which indicates a potential abnormality of the first command, wherein the potential abnormality of the first command is based on a context of the first command not fitting with other running applications.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the set of command data to include a historical usage of a set of commands including the first command, wherein the historical usage of the set of commands includes a historical pattern of commands that have been run for a set of users across a set of applications; and

analyzing the historical usage of the set of commands which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the set of command data to include a contextual usage of a set of commands including the first command, wherein the contextual usage of the set of commands includes an environment of running applications on the computer when executing the set of commands; and

analyzing the contextual usage of the set of commands which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the set of command data to include a contextual usage of a set of commands including the first command, wherein the contextual usage of the set of commands includes other users online when executing the set of commands; and

analyzing the contextual usage of the set of commands which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the set of command data to include a pattern-based usage of a set of commands including the first command, wherein the pattern-based usage of the set of commands includes commands that are clustered together to be run in bunches with respect to a certain criteria; and

analyzing the pattern-based usage of the set of commands which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the set of command data to include a sequential usage of a set of commands including the first command, wherein the sequential usage of the set of commands includes a series of operations performed with other intervening operations within the series of operations; and

analyzing the sequential usage of the set of commands which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer.

9. A system of alerting a user of an indicated impact of a command of a computer using a weight for the command of the computer, the system comprising:

a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including;

analyzing a set of command data which maps to an impact of a first command of the computer;

configuring the set of command data to include a user-provided weighting-factor which is based on a user input;

analyzing the user-provided weighting-factor which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer;

establishing, based on analyzing the set of command data which indicates the impact of the first command of the computer, a first weight for the first command of the computer, wherein the first weight indicates a relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer among one or more commands of the computer;

monitoring a user utilizing a sensory detection device to detect an execution of the first command on the computer;

predicting, based on monitoring the user utilizing the sensory detection device, the execution of the first command on the computer;

detecting, by utilizing the sensory detection device to monitor the user, the predicted execution of the first command on the computer;

comparing the first weight with a threshold weight;

resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

determining to provide an alert to the user both based on and in response to resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

providing, in response to determining to provide the alert to the user, the alert to the user to notify the user of the relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer;

providing a suggested command for execution in a first application program on the computer to the user to replace the first command for execution in a second application program on the computer; and

preventing, to provide the user an opportunity to handle the alert, execution of the first command for a temporal period.

10. A computer program product of alerting a user of an indicated impact of a command of a computer using a weight for the command of the computer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

analyzing a set of command data which maps to an impact of a first command of the computer;

configuring the set of command data to include a user-provided weighting-factor which is based on a user input;

analyzing the user-provided weighting-factor which maps to the impact of the first command of the computer;

establishing, based on analyzing the set of command data which indicates the impact of the first command of the computer, a first weight for the first command of the computer, wherein the first weight indicates a relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer among one or more commands of the computer;

monitoring a user utilizing a sensory detection device to detect an execution of the first command on the computer;

predicting, based on monitoring the user utilizing the sensory detection device, the execution of the first command on the computer;

detecting, by utilizing the sensory detection device to monitor the user, the predicted execution of the first command on the computer;

comparing the first weight with a threshold weight;

resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

determining to provide an alert to the user both based on and in response to resolving that the first weight exceeds the threshold weight;

providing, in response to determining to provide the alert to the user, the alert to the user to notify the user of the relative impact of execution of the first command on the computer;

providing a suggested command for execution in a first application program on the computer to the user to replace the first command for execution in a second application program on the computer; and

preventing, to provide the user an opportunity to handle the alert, execution of the first command for a temporal period.