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Modelling process for an information system, in particular with a view to measuring performance and monitoring the quality of service, and a measurement and monitoring system implementing this process

Assignee: Infovista SAS
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Filing: 1998-01-29
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Granted: 2000-05-09
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Expires: 2018-01-29
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Abstract

Abstract Process for modelling an information system, in order to measure performance and monitor service quality for this information system. Data relating to a first Instance are collected on the first Instance or on one or several other Instances. These collected data are attached to this first Instance via the model of the information system. Classes of objects of the information system, called Vistas, are defined, each Vista comprising Properties and/or Indicators, the Instances of the information system belonging to one or several Vistas. The process further comprises rules defining inheritances between different Vistas. Various models of the information system can be defined from a same set of Vistas via different rules.

Inventors

  • 👤 Alain Ries
  • 👤 Loic Mathieu
  • 👤 Manuel Stopnicki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 05:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/22; G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F11/3447; H04L41/02; H04L41/0213; H04L41/0233; G06F11/32; G06F11/324; G06F11/328; G06F11/3409; G06F11/3466; G06F11/3476; G06F11/3495; G06F2201/00; G06F2201/835; G06F2201/865

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 138 words
Process for modelling an information system, in order to measure performance and monitor service quality for this information system, said process including object-oriented modelling of said information system, each element of said information system being represented by an Instance, wherein: data relating to a first Instance are collected on said first Instance or on one or several other Instances, said collected data are attached to said first Instance via said object-oriented modelling of the information system, classes of objects of the information system, called Vistas, are defined, each Vista comprising Properties and/or Indicators, the instances of the information system belonging to one or several from said Vistas, characterized in that said process further comprises rules defining inheritances between different Vistas, and different models of the information system is definable from a same set of Vistas via different rules.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 138 words
Process for modelling an information system, in order to measure performance and monitor service quality for this information system, said process including object-oriented modelling of said information system, each element of said information system being represented by an Instance, wherein: data relating to a first Instance are collected on said first Instance or on one or several other Instances, said collected data are attached to said first Instance via said object-oriented modelling of the information system, classes of objects of the information system, called Vistas, are defined, each Vista comprising Properties and/or Indicators, the instances of the information system belonging to one or several from said Vistas, characterized in that said process further comprises rules defining inheritances between different Vistas, and different models of the information system is definable from a same set of Vistas via different rules.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that modifications of the Instances of the information system are historized and stored.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 43 words
Process according to claim 1, applied to performance measuring and monitoring of a service quality for an information system, characterized in that the oriented-object modelling of the information system further comprises modelling Indicators computed from Variables representing data collected within said information system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
Process according to claim 3, characterized in that the Indicators are computed by associative computing techniques.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 38 words
Process according to claim 3, characterized in that the Indicators are computed by a t least one Formula containing other Indicators and/or Variables acquired by a real-time polling, and/or Variables acquired from external sources in real-time or deferred-time.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 18 words
Process according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises a process for historically storing the Indicators.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
Process according to claim 6, characterized in that the history-storage process implements data-warehousing techniques.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
Process according to claim 6, characterized in that the Indicators are stored in an object-database.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the oriented-object modelling further comp rises modelling reports to be generated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 41 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the Variables corresponding to data from various data sources are modelled by use of MIB files extending the syntax of the SNMP protocol, in order to homogenize the definition of heterogeneous data sources.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 28 words
Process according to claim 10, characterized in that the arborescence of the MIBs is graphically displayed under the form of juxtaposed columns, according to a flat displaying mode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 143 words
System for measuring performance and monitoring the service quality for an information system, implementing the modelling process, said system including: means for performing object-oriented modelling of the information system, each element of said information system being represented by an Instance, said oriented-object modelling means being arranged for defining classes of objects of the information system, called Vistas, and for setting rules defining inheritances between different Vistas, means for modelling and collecting data within the information system, said collected data coming from various data sources, means for processing collected data and for computing Indicators including service quality Indicators, and means for generating reports and/or graphs from said indicators, characterized in that the object-oriented modelling means are further arranged to generate rules defining inheritances between different Vistas and for defining, from a same set of Vistas, via different rules, different models of the information system.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 143 words
System for measuring performance and monitoring the service quality for an information system, implementing the modelling process, said system including: means for performing object-oriented modelling of the information system, each element of said information system being represented by an Instance, said oriented-object modelling means being arranged for defining classes of objects of the information system, called Vistas, and for setting rules defining inheritances between different Vistas, means for modelling and collecting data within the information system, said collected data coming from various data sources, means for processing collected data and for computing Indicators including service quality Indicators, and means for generating reports and/or graphs from said indicators, characterized in that the object-oriented modelling means are further arranged to generate rules defining inheritances between different Vistas and for defining, from a same set of Vistas, via different rules, different models of the information system.

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