Patent ID: 7349826
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for proactive problem determination and component failure avoidance comprising: assembling a plurality of causal ladders, each of the plurality of causal ladders representing a plurality of sequential stages of criticality of a component problem that resulted in a system failure, wherein assembling a plurality of causal ladders comprises: for each of the plurality of sequential stages of criticality in each of the respective causal ladders, associating at least one remedy for a component problem; identifying a potential component failure from one of the plurality of causal ladders representing a component problem relating to the potential component failure, wherein identifying a potential component failure from one of the plurality of causal ladders comprises: determining a problem solution for the component problem based on the one of the plurality of causal ladders representing the component problem, wherein determining a problem solution for the component problem comprises: