Computing Node Monitoring for Update-Driven Behavior Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems struggle to predict and address the impact of software updates and configuration changes on computing nodes, leading to performance degradation and user dissatisfaction due to the complexity of user experiences and dynamic digital environments, often without user feedback.

Innovation Solution

A method that correlates user experience data and computing node configuration using artificial intelligence, particularly autoencoders and user feedback, to identify unexpected behaviors and generate recommendations for configuration changes, optimizing performance and user satisfaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If software updates and configuration changes are implemented to improve system functionality, then system features and capabilities are enhanced, but system performance stability and user productivity are degraded

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem functionalityVSAvoidperformance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by proactively monitoring configuration changes and user experience metrics before performance degradation becomes apparent. The automated system detects correlations between configuration changes and performance metrics, enabling early intervention to prevent stability issues before they impact users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops by monitoring both configuration state and user experience metrics in real-time. This feedback mechanism enables the system to detect when configuration changes are negatively impacting performance and automatically trigger remediation actions to restore optimal performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive monitoring of user experience and configuration data is implemented to detect performance issues, then detection accuracy is improved, but system complexity and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves multi-functionality by using a unified monitoring framework that simultaneously collects and analyzes both configuration data and user experience metrics. This universal approach consolidates multiple monitoring functions into a single system, improving detection accuracy without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically correlating configuration changes with performance metrics and autonomously identifying performance degradations. This self-diagnostic capability reduces the need for complex manual analysis systems while maintaining high detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If automated actions are taken to mitigate unexpected behavior, then response time and user productivity are improved, but system stability may be compromised due to unintended side effects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser productivityVSAvoidsystem stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses feedback mechanisms to monitor the effects of automated remediation actions in real-time. By continuously observing user experience metrics after configuration changes, the system can detect if automated actions are producing unintended side effects and reverse or adjust those actions to maintain system stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary validation by analyzing historical data and correlations before executing automated remediation actions. This preliminary analysis ensures that automated actions are based on well-understood cause-effect relationships, reducing the risk of unintended side effects while maintaining fast response times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4703891A1Method and apparatus to manage a computing node, method to monitor a computing node and associated computer program
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 BARAMUNDI SOFTWARE GMBH
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AI summary

Provided is a method (100) to manage a computing node, comprising receiving (110), for the computing node, information on a user experience and receiving (120), for the computing node, information on the configuration of the computing node. The method further comprises correlating (140) the information on the user experience and the information on the configuration to determine an unexpected behavior of the computing node. If an unexpected behavior is determined, an output signal (150) causing an action to mitigate the unexpected behavior is generated.