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Granted Patent B2
US 9,210,044 · App. 13/560,762 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Automated remediation with an appliance

Inventors: Martin Kacin (Palo Alto, CA); David Douglas Kloba (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H04L41/0883
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Patent No.
US 9,210,044
App. No.
13/560,762
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information associated with the operation of one or more network devices, indexing the information for analysis, analyzing the information to determine a pattern in the information, generating one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern, and making the information and labels available to a remediation system.

Claims (50)

1. A method comprising:

receiving information associated with the operation of one or more network devices;

indexing the information for analysis;

analyzing the information to determine a pattern in the information;

generating one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern;

appending the generated labels to the portion of the information; and

making the information and labels available to a remediation system, wherein the remediation system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information or labels.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the information to determine a pattern in the information is performed by a machine-learning system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating one or more labels for at least a portion of the information is performed by the machine-learning system.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein a user generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remediation system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information and labels, the action comprising:

sending an alert;

sending an email; or

executing a script.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a user analyzes the information to determine a pattern in the information and generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises unstructured data.

8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computer systems to:

receive information associated with the operation of one or more network devices;

index the information for analysis;

analyze the information to determine a pattern in the information;

generate one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern;

append the generated labels to the portion of the information; and

provide the information and labels to a remediation system, wherein the remediation system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information or labels.

9. The media of claim 8 , wherein a machine-learning computer system is operable to analyze the information to determine a pattern in the information.

10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the machine-learning computer system is operable to generate one or more labels for at least a portion of the information.

11. The media of claim 9 , wherein a user generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

12. The media of claim 8 , wherein the remediation system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information and labels, the action comprising:

sending an alert;

sending an email; or

executing a script.

13. The media of claim 8 , wherein a user analyzes the information to determine a pattern in the information and generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

14. The media of claim 8 , wherein the information comprises unstructured data.

15. A system comprising:

a network appliance; and

one or more network devices communicatively coupled to the network appliance;

wherein the network appliance is operable to:

receive information associated with the operation of the one or more network devices;

index the information for analysis;

analyze the information to determine a pattern in the information;

generate one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern;

append the generated labels to the portion of the information; and

provide the information and labels to a remediation system, wherein the remediation system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information or labels.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein a machine-learning processor is operable to analyze the information to determine a pattern in the information.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the machine-learning processor is operable to generate one or more labels for at least a portion of the information.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein a user generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the system is operable to automatically take an action in response to the information and labels, the action comprising:

sending an alert;

sending an email; or

executing a script.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein a user analyzes the information to determine a pattern in the information and generates one or more labels for at least a portion of the information based at least in part on the pattern.

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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 14, 2016
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