IP Library Granted Patent US 11,275,664
Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,664 · App. 16/522,217 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Encoding and decoding troubleshooting actions with machine learning to predict repair solutions

Inventors: Ravi Shukla (Bangalore, IN); Jeffrey Scott Vah (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F11/3086G06F11/263G06F11/3476G06F11/366G06N20/00G06Q10/20
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Patent No.
US 11,275,664
App. No.
16/522,217
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes obtaining information regarding a given asset to be repaired, providing the information regarding the given asset to an encoder of a deep learning model, and receiving, from a decoder of the deep learning model, a recommendation for a troubleshooting action to be performed on the given asset. The method also includes performing the recommended troubleshooting action on the given asset, determining whether the recommended troubleshooting action results in a successful repair of the given asset and, responsive to determining that the recommended troubleshooting action does not result in a successful repair of the given asset, augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on an output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action. The method further includes repeating the providing, receiving, performing and determining steps utilizing the augmented information regarding the given asset.

Claims (48)

1. A method comprising steps of:

obtaining information regarding a given asset to be repaired;

providing the information regarding the given asset to an encoder of a deep learning model;

receiving, from a decoder of the deep learning model, a recommendation for a troubleshooting action to be performed on the given asset;

performing the recommended troubleshooting action on the given asset;

determining whether the recommended troubleshooting action results in a successful repair of the given asset;

responsive to determining that the recommended troubleshooting action does not result in a successful repair of the given asset, augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on an output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action; and

repeating the providing, receiving, performing and determining steps utilizing the augmented information regarding the given asset;

wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the information regarding the given asset to be repaired comprises one or more symptom sets, a given one of the one or more symptom sets comprising an identifier of the given asset, a description of the given asset, and a description of at least one error encountered on the given asset.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information regarding the given asset to be repaired further comprises result information regarding the success or failure of one or more troubleshooting actions previously performed on the given asset.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the information regarding the given asset comprises two or more symptom sets, and wherein iterations of the providing, receiving, performing and determining steps are run separately for each of the two or more symptom sets by utilizing information corresponding to a single one of the two or more symptom sets in each iteration of the providing step.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action comprises adding a negation of the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action to the information regarding the given asset that is provided to the encoder of the deep learning model in a subsequent iteration of the providing step.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the deep learning model comprises a sequence-to-sequence machine learning model.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein providing the information regarding the given asset to the encoder of the deep learning model comprises performing character-level input of the information regarding the given asset.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action comprises modifying the character-level input of the information regarding the given asset to add a set of characters comprising a negation of the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein providing the information regarding the given asset to the encoder of the deep learning model comprises performing word-level input of the information regarding the given asset.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action comprises modifying the word-level input of the information regarding the given asset to comprise negations of words in the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising training the deep learning model utilizing information from one or more repair log entries for the given asset, historical repair logs for a plurality of other assets, and one or more technical support forums.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the troubleshooting action comprises a diagnostic action.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the troubleshooting action comprises a repair action.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the given asset comprises a computing device, and wherein the repair action comprises modifying at least one of: one or more software components of the computing device; and one or more hardware components of the computing device.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device to perform steps of:

obtaining information regarding a given asset to be repaired;

providing the information regarding the given asset to an encoder of a deep learning model;

receiving, from a decoder of the deep learning model, a recommendation for a troubleshooting action to be performed on the given asset;

performing the recommended troubleshooting action on the given asset;

determining whether the recommended troubleshooting action results in a successful repair of the given asset;

responsive to determining that the recommended troubleshooting action does not result in a successful repair of the given asset, augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on an output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action; and

repeating the providing, receiving, performing and determining steps utilizing the augmented information regarding the given asset.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the information regarding the given asset to be repaired comprises:

one or more symptom sets, a given one of the one or more symptom sets comprising an identifier of the given asset, a description of the given asset, and a description of at least one error encountered on the given asset; and

result information regarding the success or failure of one or more diagnostic and repair actions previously performed on the given asset.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action comprises adding a negation of the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action to the information regarding the given asset that is provided to the encoder of the deep learning model in a subsequent iteration of the providing step.

18. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

the at least one processing device being configured to perform steps of:

obtaining information regarding a given asset to be repaired;

providing the information regarding the given asset to an encoder of a deep learning model;

receiving, from a decoder of the deep learning model, a recommendation for a troubleshooting action to be performed on the given asset;

performing the recommended troubleshooting action on the given asset;

determining whether the recommended troubleshooting action results in a successful repair of the given asset;

responsive to determining that the recommended troubleshooting action does not result in a successful repair of the given asset, augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on an output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action; and

repeating the providing, receiving, performing and determining steps utilizing the augmented information regarding the given asset.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the information regarding the given asset to be repaired comprises:

one or more symptom sets, a given one of the one or more symptom sets comprising an identifier of the given asset, a description of the given asset, and a description of at least one error encountered on the given asset; and

result information regarding the success or failure of one or more diagnostic and repair actions previously performed on the given asset.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein augmenting the information regarding the given asset based at least in part on the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action comprises adding a negation of the output vocabulary of the decoder corresponding to the recommended troubleshooting action to the information regarding the given asset that is provided to the encoder of the deep learning model in a subsequent iteration of the providing step.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053311/0169) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060438/0742 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (050724/0571) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060436/0088 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 050406 FRAME 421 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058213/0825 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 053311/0169 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 050724/0571 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 050406/0421 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: SHUKLA, RAVI; VAH, JEFFREY SCOTT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 049863/0387 →