IP Library Granted Patent US 7,617,073
Granted Patent B2
US 7,617,073 · App. 10/377,092 · Granted Nov 10, 2009

System and method for assessing and indicating the health of components

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Patent No.
US 7,617,073
App. No.
10/377,092
Granted
Nov 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for visualization of the components of an enterprise system and the rendering of information about the health or status of the enterprise system, its components, and/or its subcomponents. The invention uses a combination of color codes or other indicators and a combination of algorithms and/or rules-based systems to control the computation of status/severities to associate to components and setup the color codes and indicators.

Claims (14)

1. A system for indicating the health status of an IT component and at least one IT subcomponent comprising:

an IT component processor adapted to compute a component health status of the IT component;

an IT subcomponent processor adapted to compute a subcomponent health status for the at least one IT subcomponent; and

a renderer adapted to display the health status of the IT component by showing a first indicator for the IT component and a second indicator for the at least one IT subcomponent, wherein the first and second indicator are each separately visible at the same time on a single display window of a display unit.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first indicator and the second indicator are colors.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the IT component processor further comprises a rules-based system to control the computation of the health status of the IT component.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the IT subcomponent processor further comprises a rules-based system to control the computation of the health status of the at least one IT subcomponent.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the IT component processor and the IT subcomponent processor are the same processor.

6. A system of assessing a plurality of IT components wherein each IT component has a plurality of IT subcomponents, the system comprising:

the system for indicating the health status of an IT component and at least one IT subcomponent of claim 1 ; and

a graphical user interface adapted to display the health status of each IT component and each IT subcomponent.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein each IT component processor and each IT subcomponent processor comprise a rules-based system to control the computation of the health status of the IT components and IT subcomponents.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein each IT component processor and each IT subcomponent processor comprise an algorithm to control the computation of the health status of the IT components and IT subcomponents.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein each IT component processor and each IT subcomponent processor is the same processor.

Assignments (15)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
To: BMC HELIX, INC.
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GRANT OF FIRST LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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GRANT OF SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (052854/0139) Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (052844/0646) Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
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OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENT COLLATERAL Recorded Mar 4, 2024
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS RESIGNING COLLATERAL AGENT
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
To: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
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GRANT OF SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 052844/0646 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 5, 2018
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.; BMC ACQUISITION L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 047198/0468 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2018
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE, AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047185/0744 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.; BLADELOGIC, INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 031204/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2003
From: IT MASTERS TECHNOLOGIES, SA
To: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 014147/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2003
From: TRINON, JEAN-MARC; PIGNAULT, OLIVER
To: IT MASTERS TECHNOLOGIES SA
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