Patent ID: 6633834
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for monitoring a plurality of system attributes comprising:calculating alarm set and reset thresholds for an attribute in a first user-defined time interval based on the attributes's data values in the first time interval, the reset threshold being within the set threshold; determining whether any data values in the first time interval exceed the alarm set threshold for the attribute in the first time interval; when at least one data value in the first time interval exceeds the attribute's alarm set threshold for the first time interval, initiating an alarm until a subsequently-received second data value for the attribute does not exceed the alarm reset threshold value for the attribute and first time interval, and repeating the calculating and determining steps for a second user-defined time interval commencing subsequent to the receipt of the second data value; and when no attribute data value in the first time interval exceeds the attribute's alarm set threshold for the first time interval, repeating the calculating and determining steps for a second user-defined time interval commencing subsequent to the first time interval.