Patent ID: 7739549
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A server for improving predictive failure attributes of distributed devices, comprising: a receiver for receiving, via a network, failure analysis data from individual ones of a plurality of distributed devices, where each device of said plurality of distributed devices comprises failure analysis software comprising a predictive failure analysis algorithm arranged for collecting failure analysis data of said distributed device and a communications device arranged for transmitting said failure analysis data to said network; wherein said server is arranged for analyzing said failure analysis data and for providing, in response to the analysis, an updated predictive failure analysis algorithm to the plurality of distributed devices; wherein each of said plurality of distributed devices is coupled to said network; wherein the updated predictive failure analysis algorithm is provided to the plurality of distributed devices in the form of a first microcode that is provided from the server to be used instead of a second microcode previously used by the plurality of distributed devices; and wherein execution of the first microcode results in the updated predictive failure analysis algorithm using different tolerances of certain error events when estimating an impending failure.