Patent ID: 9191337
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of supplying data to represent the availability value of a plurality of resources that are associated with at least one user by a physical or logical link, each of said resources presenting a physical or logical state, and the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request to present an availability value for a plurality of resources; determining at least two resources, forming part of said plurality of resources, for which the representative values can be received; receiving in a database a representative value for the first resource in said at least two resources, at least one of said representative value depending on a measurement of the corresponding resource; receiving in said database a value representative of the second resource of said at least two resources; and supplying data for representing said availability value calculated in response to said request for presentation; wherein the method further includes the steps of: receiving in said database a first criticality coefficient corresponding to said first resource; receiving in said database a second criticality coefficient corresponding to said second resource; and calculating by means of a computer said availability value from said first and second representative values and said first and second criticality coefficients.