Patent ID: 7788082
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for autonomic computing using a relational grammar, the system comprising: a network; a computer system in communication with the network, wherein the computer system includes instructions to execute a method, comprising: reading an autonomic relational grammar from memory, the autonomic relational grammar comprising a plurality of program statements, the program statements comprising one or more lexical token statements, one or more category statements one or more relationship statements and one or more autonomic action statements, wherein a rule comprises the one or more relationship statements and the one or more autonomic action statements; sensing a change in an input value related to a first token identified by a first lexical token statement of the one or more lexical token statements; parsing the input value with the relational grammar to form an autonomic derivation tree, the autonomic derivation tree comprising the first token, a first category, a first relationship and an autonomic action; using the derived autonomic derivation tree to identify the autonomic action to be performed; and performing the identified autonomic action, the autonomic action comprising any one of: configuring the computer system; optimizing functionality of the computer system; recovering the computer system from a malfunction; or protecting an environment of the computer system.