Patent ID: 8560163

Claim:
A method for filtering diagnostic messages in a system including a processor and a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements includes a diagnostic unit configured to detect a failure and to transmit at least one message including at least one indication pertaining to at least one detected failure, the state of at least certain elements of the plurality of elements being represented by a model of current state of the system, the method comprising: receiving, by a centralized maintenance system, the at least one message; filtering, with the processor, the at least one received message according to the at least one indication that pertains to the at least one detected failure, contained in the at least one received message and according to the model of the current state of the system; and in response to the filtering step: updating the model of the current state of the system according to the at least one indication that pertains to the at least one detected failure contained in the at least one received message; and rejecting the at least one received message, if the at least one received message is determined to be erroneous by the filtering step performed by the processor.