Outage avoidance for connected devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10530652-B2
Application number	US-201715414658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2017
Priority date	Jan 25, 2017
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

An approach for outage avoidance. The approach receives a scheduled task, wherein the scheduled task is completed at a scheduled time by a device. The approach receives an outage time of a service disruption, wherein the service disruption occurs at the outage time. The approach determines whether the service disruption conflicts with the scheduled task, based on the outage time and the scheduled time. Responsive to a determination that the service disruption conflicts with the scheduled task, the approach modifies the scheduled task to be completed at a modified time, wherein the outage time does not conflict with the modified time.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for outage avoidance, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computer processors, task information from an internet-connected device, including a scheduled time to start a first task and a duration of the first task, wherein the first task is performed by the internet-connected device;
monitoring, by the one or more computer processors, a social media news feed for notice of an outage time of a disruption in a utility service, wherein the utility service is required for performance of the first task by the internet-connected device;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the outage time of the disruption conflicts with the scheduled time; and
responsive to a determination that the disruption conflicts with the scheduled time, modifying, by the one or more computer processors, the scheduled time to be outside the outage time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to modifying the scheduled time, transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, the modified scheduled time to the device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed for the notice of the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprises:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, the notice from a service provider, wherein the service provider is a provider of electricity, water, gas, phone or internet; and
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the outage time, based on the notice.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed for notice of the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprises:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed from at least one of: one or more service providers, one or more weather companies, one or more news agencies, and one or more social media;
processing, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed, wherein processing includes applying natural language processing to the social media news feed;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the disruption; and
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the outage time of the disruption.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein monitoring, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed for notice of the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprises:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more feed rules, wherein the one or more feed rules determine the social media news feed;
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more weight rules, wherein the one or more weight rules determine a weight applied to each news feed;
weighting, by the one or more computer processors, the social media news feed; and
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the outage time of the disruption, based on the weight of the social media news feed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying, by the one or more computer processors, the scheduled time, further comprises:
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether a mitigation action is required, wherein the mitigation action reduces an effect of the disruption;
responsive to a determination that the mitigation action is required, determining, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action, wherein the mitigation action is completed at a mitigation time by the internet-connected device;
scheduling, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action; and
transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action to the internet-connected device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying, by the one or more computer processors, the scheduled time, further comprises:
receiving, by the one or more computer processors, one or more mitigation rules;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether a mitigation action is required, wherein the one or more mitigation rules determine whether a mitigation action is required;
responsive to a determination that a mitigation action is required, determining, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action, wherein the one or more mitigation rules determine the mitigation action;
scheduling, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action; and
transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, the mitigation action to the internet-connected device.

8. A computer program product for outage avoidance, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive task information from an internet-connected device, including a scheduled time to start a first task and a duration of the first task, wherein the first task is performed by the internet-connected device;
program instructions to monitor a social media news feed for notice of an outage time of a disruption in a utility service, wherein the utility service is required for performance of the first task by the internet-connected device;
program instructions to determine whether the outage time of the disruption conflicts with the scheduled time; and
responsive to a determination that the service disruption conflicts with the scheduled time, program instructions to modify the scheduled time to be outside the outage time.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
responsive to modifying the scheduled time, program instructions to transmit the modified scheduled time to the device.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to monitor the social media news feed for the notice of the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprise:
program instructions to receive the notice from a service provider, wherein the service provider is a provider of electricity, water, gas, phone or internet; and
program instructions to determine the outage time, based on the notice.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to monitor the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprise:
program instructions to receive the social media news feed from at least one of: one or more service providers, one or more weather companies, one or more news agencies, and one or more social media;
program instructions to process the social media news feed, wherein processing includes applying natural language processing to the social media news feed;
program instructions to determine the disruption; and
program instructions to determine the outage time of the disruption.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions to monitor the outage time of the disruption in the utility service, further comprise:
program instructions to receive one or more feed rules, wherein the one or more feed rules determine the social media news feed;
program instructions to receive one or more weight rules, wherein the one or more weight rules determine a weight applied to each news feed;
program instructions to weight the social media news feed; and
program instructions to determine the outage time of the disruption, based on the weight of the social media news feed.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to modify the scheduled time, further comprise:
program

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ayyagari Phani Kumar V U
• Bhide Manish A
• Chukka Madan K
• Jasti Purnachandra R
• Kondapaneni Srikanth

Classifications

• H04L41/0873 Primary

  Checking configuration conflicts between network elements · CPC title

• G06Q10/06314

  Calendaring for a resource · CPC title

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic