Patent ID: 9286784
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G08B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing an alarm message in a communications network, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, the alarm message, wherein the alarm message is associated with an event; determining, by the processor, if the event exists in a memory, wherein the determining comprises determining whether a hash key of the event is identical to a hash key of an existing event that is stored in the memory; recording, by the processor, the event in the memory if the event does not exist in the memory; and ignoring, by the processor, the alarm message if the event exists in the memory, wherein the event is designated as a duplicate event when the event exists in the memory, wherein the duplicate event is characterized by an event name, an identical source internet protocol address, an identical destination internet protocol address, an identical source port, an identical destination port, and an identical protocol as compared to the event that exists in the memory.