Automated Network Component Change Monitoring System
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Solution Overview
Problem
In globalized computer systems, updating and monitoring network software components while ensuring all users are offline is no longer feasible due to time zone differences, leading to unacceptable lag times and errors in detecting problems, especially with manual monitoring and human error introduction, and multiple users accessing the same components simultaneously increases errors and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A fully or partially automated system for monitoring and analyzing component changes, allowing for accurate reporting and processing of metric data, automating component updates across linked subsystems, and tracking component ownership and changes, thereby reducing errors and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual monitoring of component changes is performed, then users can detect problems, but unacceptable lag time and human error are introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-monitoring through automated metric collection and analysis. The system automatically tracks component changes, collects metric data, and generates reports without requiring continuous manual intervention, thereby eliminating lag time while maintaining detection accuracy through systematic automated monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring processes with automated electronic systems. Instead of users manually checking component status, the system uses automated scripts, database queries, and processing components to continuously monitor and detect changes, substituting human mechanical actions with automated digital processes that operate continuously without interruption.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users manually monitor and access components simultaneously, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but errors and inefficiencies increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the monitoring functions of multiple users into a single unified automated system. Instead of having multiple users independently monitor components and risk conflicting actions, the system consolidates all monitoring activities into coordinated automated processes that share a common database and processing framework, eliminating errors from simultaneous manual access while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where metric data is automatically collected, analyzed, and reported back to users. The system monitors component changes, compares them against expected parameters, and provides immediate feedback on anomalies or errors, enabling rapid detection and correction without requiring multiple users to manually verify each change.
3Ease of manufacture
If components are updated while users are offline, then changes can be applied, but globalized time zones make this no longer feasible
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts to different time zones and operational states. Instead of requiring all users to be offline for updates, the system uses dynamic scheduling and state management to coordinate component changes with user availability, allowing updates to occur at optimal times across global time zones while maintaining system integrity and user accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting metric data and preparing update packages before actual component changes are implemented. This allows the system to prepare and validate changes in advance, then apply them at the most appropriate time regardless of user availability, decoupling the update process from user offline requirements while ensuring changes are applied safely and efficiently.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses systems and methods for monitoring, analyzing and reporting additions or changes to network software applications. The invention is achieved through a fully or partially automated system which allows for more accurate reporting and processing of metric data. The invention may link different subsystems that run a component so that any component change is automatically updated throughout the various subsystems. Further, the present invention allows users to view information related to component changes, thereby allowing the user to seek help related to that change. This information may include metrics, statistics, and/or other data associated with the components and component changes.