Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090006070 | Simulation of Installation and Configuration of Distributed Software - A simulator is provided with a computer system configured with a CMDB to project hardware and software configuration information prior to installation thereof. The CMDB preserves a repository of information related to all the components of an information system. The simulator searches the CMDB and provides a list of installation candidates that would enhance system performance. The candidates are presented to the user in an associated visual display, together with associated performance information and required changes to the hardware resources, prior to installation of any of the candidates on the associated computer system. | 01-01-2009 |
20090150716 | METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING A CLIENT DEVICE IN A DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMIC COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A stale of a managed client device in a distributed autonomic computing environment is attached to an event occurring on the managed client device. The event is sent, with the attached state of the managed client device, to a server. The state of the managed client device is saved at the server. The event is analyzed for identifying a problem at the client device. An action for solving the problem is generated based on a state of the managed client device at the time the event is analyzed. An execution condition is dynamically generated based on the saved state of the managed client device. The execution condition is added to the action to be executed and sent to the managed client device. At the managed client device, a determination is made whether to execute the action based on the execution condition and a current state of the managed client device. | 06-11-2009 |
20090187595 | MANAGING CONFIGURATION ITEMS - There is provided a method for managing a plurality of configuration items. The method includes holding, at a repository, for each configuration item, one set of data indicating at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relationship with another configuration item. The method also includes detecting, at a discovery section, information on configuration items. The discovery section performs subsequent detection based on at least one of a predetermined attribute and a predetermined relationship in a new set of data created from the information detected by the discovery section. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187596 | Managing Configuration Items - A computer system is disclosed that includes a repository, a discovery section, a determining section, and a data creating section. The repository holds, for each configuration item, data indicating at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relationship with another configuration item. The discovery section detects information on configuration items. The determining section determines association of a first configuration item with a second configuration item and association of the first configuration item with a third configuration item. The data creating section creates common data including an attribute common to attributes of the first configuration item associated with the second configuration item and attributes of the first configuration item associated with the third configuration item and plural derived data items, each including an attribute that is not common thereto. The common data and the plural derived data items are stored in the repository. | 07-23-2009 |
20090210435 | CONFIGURATION ITEM MANAGEMENT TOOL - A computer system is presented for managing a plurality of configuration items. A first computer may be connected to a second computer over a network. The first computer may manage configuration items conforming to a first specification, while the second computer may manage configuration items conforming to a second specification. A repository may store, for each of the configuration items, a set of data conforming to the first specification. The set of data may include one or more predetermined attributes of each configuration item, and at least one relationship between each configuration item and other configuration items. A discovery section may detect external reference data associated with configuration items conforming to the second specification. The set of data for each configuration item conforming to the second specification may be created from the external reference data and stored in the repository. | 08-20-2009 |
20090216786 | Managing Service Processes - Computer systems, methods and computer program products for managing a service process that includes a plurality of service steps. A repository holds, for each of at least one configuration item, a set of data that represents at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relation between the configuration item and a second configuration item. The method includes detecting data on a resource for executing at least one of a plurality of service steps of the service process; creating in response to a particular service process starting, data using a first configuration item model in which the particular service process is defined as a single configuration item; and creating data from the detected data using a second configuration item model in which one or more particular service steps are defined as a single configuration item. | 08-27-2009 |
20090249340 | Managing the Progress of a Plurality of Tasks - Computer systems, methods and computer program products for managing progress of a plurality of tasks associated with respective configuration items. The configuration items are included in a system defined by a digital design specification. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer system includes a repository for holding a data set representative of at least one predetermined attribute of a configuration item and a relation between the configuration item and another configuration item, data regarding tasks, and association data for associating the configuration item and at least one task; and a discovery unit for detecting data regarding the configuration item. | 10-01-2009 |
20100106821 | MANAGING CONFIGURATION ITEMS - There is provided a method for managing a plurality of configuration items that includes a repository that holds, for each configuration item, one set of data indicating at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relationship with another configuration item and a discovery section that detects information on configuration items. The method includes creating at least one new set of data from information detected by the discovery section. The method also includes storing the new set of data in the repository and managing the new set of data as a combined configuration item. | 04-29-2010 |
20100131952 | Assistance In Performing Action Responsive To Detected Event - Assistance in performing an action for a detected event for a monitoring target resource whose connection is not an always-on connection to perform an appropriate action as soon as possible in response to occurrence of a failure. The assistance device stores, in association with an occurrence pattern of an event, information related to plural tasks for determining whether a predetermined condition is fulfilled, and an action to be performed by a corresponding device. Then, the assistance device calculates an index value for determining the level of probability of the occurrence pattern of the event, determines whether the calculated index value is larger than a predetermined value, and sends, to a device to perform the action, the occurrence pattern of the event the index value of which is determined to be larger than the predetermined value, and information related to the plural tasks and the action corresponding to the occurrence pattern. | 05-27-2010 |
20110131300 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFIGURATION ITEM, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - There is provided a method for managing a plurality of configuration items. The method includes holding, at a repository, for each configuration item, one set of data indicating at least one predetermined attribute of the configuration item and a relationship with another configuration item. The method also includes detecting, at a discovery section, information on configuration items. The discovery section performs subsequent detection based on at least one of a predetermined attribute and a predetermined relationship in a new set of data created from the information detected by the discovery section. | 06-02-2011 |
20120072376 | OPTIMIZING A PRINTER SYSTEM IN CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD - A print server selects a printer system to execute a print job received from a client, the printer system selected from among a plurality of printer systems connected to the network, the print server comprising a basic information acquiring section that acquires, at predetermining timing, unit price calculation basic information on printer systems in operation including at least information on environmental load information from at least one of the plurality of printer systems and external computers, a unit price calculating section that calculates a print unit price for each printer system based on the acquired unit price calculation basic information, a storage section that stores the calculated unit price in association with identification information for identifying the printer system and a sending section that sends the print unit prices and the identities of the printer systems associated with the calculated unit prices to the client. | 03-22-2012 |
20120215591 | OPTIMIZING A PRINTER SYSTEM IN CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD - A print server selects a printer system to execute a print job received from a client, the printer system selected from among a plurality of printer systems connected to the network, the print server comprising a basic information acquiring section that acquires, at predetermining timing, unit price calculation basic information on printer systems in operation including at least information on environmental load information from at least one of the plurality of printer systems and external computers, a unit price calculating section that calculates a print unit price for each printer system based on the acquired unit price calculation basic information, a storage section that stores the calculated unit price in association with identification information for identifying the printer system and a sending section that sends the print unit prices and the identities of the printer systems associated with the calculated unit prices to the client. | 08-23-2012 |
20120268256 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION AMONG MULTIPLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS - A communication control method and system for controlling communication among multiple industrial control systems connected via a network. The communication control system includes: a communication relay apparatus for relaying communication between at least two of multiple industrial control systems; a monitoring section for monitoring the multiple industrial control systems; and a control section for switching, if the monitoring section detects an anomaly from at least one of the multiple industrial control systems, communication between an industrial control system detected with an anomaly and a second industrial control system so that the communication is performed via the communication relay apparatus. | 10-25-2012 |
20120331104 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION AMONG MULTIPLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS - A communication control method and system for controlling communication among multiple industrial control systems connected via a network. The communication control system includes: a communication relay apparatus for relaying communication between at least two of multiple industrial control systems; a monitoring section for monitoring the multiple industrial control systems; and a control section for switching, if the monitoring section detects an anomaly from at least one of the multiple industrial control systems, communication between an industrial control system detected with an anomaly and a second industrial control system so that the communication is performed via the communication relay apparatus. | 12-27-2012 |
20130245793 | ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An anomaly detection system for detecting an anomaly within a network as a first embodiment in order to provide an anomaly detection system, anomaly detection method, and program for the same. An anomaly detection system which has a plurality of industrial control systems (hereinafter “ICS”s) which are connected to the network, an integrated analyzer which receives the operational status of each ICS as monitoring data in order to identify an ICS for which an anomaly is suspected so as to perform an anomaly assessment, a receiving unit provided for each ICS which receives data from other ICSs, a transmission unit which transmits data to other ICSs and transmits the monitoring data to the integrated analyzer, a security policy which includes recording of data and generation rules, and a wrapper which refers to the security policy in order to control the data so as to transmit the same to other ICSs. | 09-19-2013 |
20140195677 | DETECTING PATTERNS OF EVENTS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Event data pattern identification, storage, and sharing in a peer-to-peer network is disclosed. This includes peer-to-peer devices that store data events, review previously stored data events and identify patterns between the stored events and newly received events. Improvements can serve to reduce duplicative traffic and enhance network performance. | 07-10-2014 |
20140298030 | COMPUTER ASSISTED NAME-BASED AGGREGATION SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING NAMES OF ANONYMIZED DATA, AS WELL AS A METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A computer assisted name-based aggregation system that acquires anonymized data from a plurality of service providing systems without obtaining the personal information, and identifies the name of the acquired anonymized data. The computer assisted name-based aggregation system transmits a transmission request that requests transmission of data, and a value that changes for each transmission request to the plurality of service providing systems; receives a set containing hash values created based on an identification number for controlling data and the aforementioned value, and the anonymized data specified by the identification number, from the plurality of service providing systems; and identifies the name of anonymized data specified by the hash value from the anonymized data received from each of the plurality of service providing systems. | 10-02-2014 |
20150032418 | AGGREGATING AND FILTERING DATA FROM MOBILE DEVICES - Data from movable devices, each of which has at least one sensor, is aggregated using a method comprising: receiving data from multiple movable devices, where each datum from the data is generated by at least one sensor within a movable device from the multiple movable devices; determining, based on received data from the multiple movable devices, whether at least two movable devices from the multiple movable devices are mutually related; determining, based on received data from the multiple movable devices, whether the received data from different sensors are mutually related; and filtering at least a part of the data from the multiple movable devices judged to be mutually related and that was generated by sensors that are mutually related according to shared attributes of the multiple movable devices and the sensors in the multiple movable devices. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033076 | ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A method is for handling an anomaly in an industrial control system (ICS) connected to a network with a plurality of other ICSs and an anomaly analyzer. An ICS receives status data from its own industrial process, and stores this status data as normal pattern data. The ICS transmits its own status data to one or more other ICSs. The ICS receives an indication from the anomaly analyzer that the ICS is suspected of having an anomaly. The ICS transmits alternate status data based on the normal pattern data stored during non-suspect operation, and stores the status data received from its own industrial process as real status data. In response to receiving from the anomaly analyzer an indication that the ICS is not operating anomalously, the ICS transmits the stored real data, and switches back to transmitting its own status data to one or more other ICSs. | 01-29-2015 |