Patent ID: 9450833
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for estimating a remaining life expectancy value for hardware components used in a computing system, the method comprising: detecting an age adjustment condition during an operation of the computing system; determining a set of hardware components in the computing system, each hardware component having a corresponding current life expectancy value affected by the age adjustment condition; adjusting the corresponding current life expectancy value of each hardware component in the set of hardware components to a reduced life expectancy value based on the age adjustment condition; and generating a health report for a first hardware component in the set of hardware components, wherein: the age adjustment condition is an abnormal event caused by a first hardware component, and wherein the set of hardware components includes at least a second hardware component; and at least the determining and adjusting steps are performed by computer software running on computer hardware.