Patent ID: 6446136
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
An event management system comprising:an event manager, the event manager receiving one or more subscription requests for one or more event data from one or more subscribers, the event manager receiving one or more events and if the one or more events matches an existing condition, applying the one or more events as an update to the existing condition, the event manager further routing the one or more event data to the one or more subscribers; an alarm rule store, the alarm rule store storing alarm rules; an event correlator coupled to the event manager and to the alarm rule store, the event correlator correlating the one or more event data provided by the event manager based on the alarm rules, the event correlator further dynamically determining whether a rule was changed, added or deleted to dynamically execute the added or modified rule; and a response engine coupled to the event manager, the response engine executing a response policy based on the correlation of events by the event correlator.