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Granted Patent B2
US 11,622,408 · App. 17/139,041 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Communication platform connectivity management

Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein (Austin, TX); Jacob Ryan Jepperson (St. Paul, MN); Alan Chung (Hopewell Junction, NY); Jeremy R. Fox (Georgetown, TX)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04W76/25H04W48/16H04W68/005H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 11,622,408
App. No.
17/139,041
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connectivity state of a communication platform on a plurality of user devices is identified. The plurality of user devices includes a first and second user device. A message from the first user device that is directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state is detected. In response to detecting the message, an indication of the connectivity state is provided to the first user device.

Claims (41)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying, by gathering information from a maintenance system that relates to connectivity, a connectivity state that includes:

a first set of communication platforms that have full connectivity and a second set of communication platforms that are experiencing an outage; and

a first set of user devices of a plurality of user devices that have full connectivity and a second set of user devices of the plurality of user devices that are experiencing the outage, wherein the second set of user devices includes a first and second device;

detecting a message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state;

transmitting details of the message to the maintenance system; and

providing, to the first user device in response to detecting the message and prior to the first user device sending the message, an indication of the connectivity state that indicates the outage as impacting the second set of communication platforms and the second set of user devices and not impacting the first set of communication platforms and the first set of user devices.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a resolution to the outage, such that the connectivity state includes full connectivity;

detecting a second message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state; and

providing, to the first user device in response to detecting the second message, a second indication of the connectivity state that indicates the full connectivity.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a resolution to the outage;

detecting another issue of the first user device that impacts the communication platform for the first user device;

detecting a second message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state; and

providing, to the first user device in response to detecting the second message, a second indication of the connectivity state that indicates the another issue.

4. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

identify, by gathering information from a maintenance system that relates to connectivity, a connectivity state that includes:

a first set of communication platforms that have full connectivity and a second set of communication platforms that are experiencing an outage; and

a first set of user devices of a plurality of user devices that have full connectivity and a second set of user devices of the plurality of user devices that are experiencing the outage, wherein the second set of user devices includes a first and second device;

detect a message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state;

transmit details of the message to the maintenance system; and

provide, to the first user device in response to detecting the message and prior to the first user device sending the message, an indication of the connectivity state that indicates the outage as impacting the second set of communication platforms and the second set of user devices and not impacting the first set of communication platforms and the first set of user devices.

5. The system of claim 4 , the memory containing additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

detect a resolution to the outage, such that the connectivity state includes full connectivity;

detect a second message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state; and

provide, to the first user device in response to detecting the second message, a second indication of the connectivity state that indicates the full connectivity.

6. The system of claim 4 , the memory containing additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

detect a resolution to the outage;

detect another issue of the first user device that impacts the communication platform for the first user device;

detect a second message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state; and

provide, to the first user device in response to detecting the second message, a second indication of the connectivity state that indicates the another issue.

7. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

identify, by gathering information from a maintenance system that relates to connectivity, a connectivity state that includes:

a first set of communication platforms that have full connectivity and a second set of communication platforms that are experiencing an outage; and

a first set of user devices of a plurality of user devices that have full connectivity and a second set of user devices of the plurality of user devices that are experiencing the outage, wherein the second set of user devices includes a first and second device;

detect a message from the first user device and directed to the second user device regarding the connectivity state;

transmit details of the message to the maintenance system; and

provide, to the first user device in response to detecting the message and prior to the first user device sending the message, an indication of the connectivity state that indicates the outage as impacting the second set of communication platforms and the second set of user devices and not impacting the first set of communication platforms and the first set of user devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: SILVERSTEIN, ZACHARY A.; JEPPERSON, JACOB RYAN; CHUNG, ALAN; FOX, JEREMY R.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054783/0626 →
Continuity (1)
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