Granted Patent B2

US 12,450,998 · App. 18/041,932 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventors: Hemant Gupta (MP, IN); Nimit Agrawal (MP, IN); Abhishek Kumar Mishra (MP, IN)

Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.

G08B25/001G08B25/10G08B29/185

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. An alarm monitoring device for alarm monitoring and de-duplicating alarms in a wireless network, wherein the alarm monitoring device comprises:

a memory;

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive a first alarm event comprising a first alarm configuration from at least one device from a plurality of devices in the wireless network;

receive at least one second alarm event comprising a second alarm configuration from the at least one device from the plurality of devices;

determine whether the second alarm event is associated with the first alarm event based on the first alarm configuration and the second alarm configuration;

retrieve a current state of the first alarm event from a database when the second alarm event is associated with the first alarm event;

determine whether the second alarm event is received within a predefined time period based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event;

de-duplicate the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is received within the predefined time period, and update the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as a current state of the at least one second alarm event in the database after merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event; and

insert the at least one second alarm event separately in the database based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is not received within the predefined time period, and store the current state of the at least one second alarm event corresponding to the at least one inserted second alarm event in the database,

wherein the processor is configured to merge the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event by:

increasing a count of the first alarm event after merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event; and

storing the count of the first alarm event corresponding to the retrieved current state of the first alarm event.

2. The alarm monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to merge the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event by:

detecting the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as active or closed when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting an event time of the first alarm event and an event time of the at least one second alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is received while the current state of the first alarm event is active or closed; and

de-duplicate the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the event time of the first alarm event and the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

3. The alarm monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to merge the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event by:

detecting the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as active when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting an event time of the at least one second alarm event is prior to an event time of the first alarm event; and

de-duplicating the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event and changing the event time of the first alarm event to the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

4. The alarm monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to insert the at least one second alarm event separately in the database by:

detecting the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as closed when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting an event time of the first alarm event and an event time of the at least one second alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is received while the current state of the first alarm event is closed; and

inserting the at least one second alarm event separately in the database based on the event time of the first alarm event and the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

5. A method for alarm monitoring and de-duplicating alarms in a wireless network, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by an alarm monitoring device, a first alarm event comprising a first alarm configuration from at least one device from a plurality of devices in the wireless network;

receiving, by the alarm monitoring device, at least one second alarm event comprising a second alarm configuration from the at least one device from the plurality of devices;

determining, by the alarm monitoring device, whether the second alarm is associated with the first alarm based on the first alarm configuration and the second alarm configuration;

retrieving, by the alarm monitoring device, a current state of the first alarm event from a database when the second alarm is associated with the first alarm;

determining, by the alarm monitoring device, whether the second alarm is received within a predefined time period based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event;

based on the at least one second alarm event is being received within the predefined time period, de-duplicating, by the alarm monitoring device, the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event, and updating the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as a current state of the at least one second alarm event in the database after merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event; and

based on the at least one second alarm event not being received within the predefined time period, inserting, by the alarm monitoring device, the at least one second alarm event separately in the database based on the retrieved current state of the first alarm event and storing the current state of the at least one second alarm event corresponding to the at least one inserted second alarm event in the database,

wherein the de-duplicating comprises:

increasing, by the alarm monitoring device, a count of the first alarm after merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event; and

storing, by the alarm monitoring device, the count of the first alarm corresponding to the retrieved current state of the first alarm event.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the de-duplicating further comprises:

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as active or closed when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, an event time of the first alarm event and an event time of the at least one second alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is received while the current state of the first alarm event is active or closed; and

de-duplicating, by the alarm monitoring device, the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event based on the event time of the first alarm event and the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the de-duplicating further comprises:

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as active when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, an event time of the at least one second alarm event is prior to an event time of the first alarm event; and

de-duplicating, by the alarm monitoring device, the at least one second alarm event by merging the at least one second alarm event with the first alarm event and changing the event time of the first alarm event to the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the inserting the at least one second alarm event separately in the database comprises:

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, the retrieved current state of the first alarm event as closed when the at least one second alarm event is received;

detecting, by the alarm monitoring device, an event time of the first alarm event and an event time of the at least one second alarm event when the at least one second alarm event is received while the current state of the first alarm event is closed; and

inserting, by the alarm monitoring device, the at least one second alarm event separately in the database based on the event time of the first alarm event and the event time of the at least one second alarm event.

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