Patent ID: 7568027
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An event suppression tool for use with an event management system for managing events received for given resources, wherein during defined times, events related to said resources are generated and sent to the event management system, and the event management system receives said events and issues actions in response to receiving said events, the event suppression tool comprising: a database having a resource table; a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table; a web based user interface to said database; a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and code for creating suppression activity windows based on said data and said resource table, and for sending to the event management system a suppression event identifying a period of time and an associated one of the resources to prevent the event management system from issuing actions in response to receiving, during said time period, events for said one of the resources; and wherein: the event management system records on a log events for said one of the resources and received during said time period; and the tool retrieves the events recorded on the log.