Push notifications of system events in a restricted network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016014143-A1
Application number	US-201414325930-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 8, 2014
Priority date	Jul 8, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include associating a token with a computing device, defining preferences for the computing device, and conveying, by the computing device, the token and the preferences to an event processing system. Upon the event processing system, an event message from a computing system via a one-way firewall and matching the computing device preferences to the event message, the event processing system can convey the token and the event message to a push notification system. In some embodiments, upon the push notification service receiving the token and the event message, the mobile device can be identified based on the token, and the event message can be conveyed to the computing device. The event messages may include a severity level, and the preferences may include a severity threshold and a message detail level.

First claim

1 . A method, comprising:
associating a token with a computing device; defining preferences for the computing device; conveying, by the computing device, the token and the preferences to an event processing system; receiving, by the event processing system, an event message from a computing system via a one-way firewall; and upon matching the computing device preferences to the event message, conveying, by the event processing system, the token and the event message to a push notification system.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , and comprising upon receiving, by the push notification service, the token and the event message:
identifying, based on the token, the mobile device, and conveying the event message to the computing device.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein associating the token comprises conveying, by the computing device, a token request, generating, by the push notification service, the token in response to the request, and conveying, by the push notification service, the token to the computing device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein conveying the token and the preferences comprises conveying, from the computing device, the token and the preferences to the computer system, and conveying, from the computer system, the token and the preferences to the event processing system via the one-way firewall.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the event message comprises a severity level that is selected a list consisting of an informational event, a warning event, a minor event, a major event and a critical event.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the preferences comprise a severity threshold and a message detail level.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein matching the preference to the event message comprises detecting that severity threshold is less than or equal to the severity level.

8 . A facility, comprising:
a computing device; a push notification system configured to associate a token with the computing device, and to define preferences for the computing device; a computing system; a one-way firewall; and an event processing system configured to receive the token and the preferences from the computing device, to receive an event message from the computing system via the one-way firewall, and upon matching the computing device preferences to the event message, to convey the token and the event message to the push notification system.

9 . The facility according to claim 8 , wherein the push notification service is configured, upon receiving the token and the event message:
to identify, based on the token, the mobile device, and to convey the event message to the computing device.

10 . The facility according to claim 8 , wherein the push notification service is configured to associate the token by receiving, from the computing device, a token request, generating the token in response to the request, and conveying the token to the computing device.

11 . The facility according to claim 8 , wherein conveying the token and the preferences comprises conveying, from the computing device, the token and the preferences to the computer system, and conveying, from the computer system, the token and the preferences to the event processing system via the one-way firewall.

12 . The facility according to claim 8 , wherein the event message comprises a severity level that is selected a list consisting of an informational event, a warning event, a minor event, a major event and a critical event.

13 . The facility according to claim 12 , wherein the preferences comprise a severity threshold and a message detail level.

14 . The facility according to claim 13 , wherein the event processing system is configured to match the preference to the event message by detecting that severity threshold is less than or equal to the severity level.

15 . A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to associate a token with a computing device; computer readable program code configured to define preferences for the computing device; computer readable program code configured to convey the token and the preferences from the computing device to an event processing system; computer readable program code configured to receive, by the event processing system, an event message from a computing system via a one-way firewall; and computer readable program code configured, upon matching the computing device preferences to the event message, to convey the token and the event message from the event processing system to a push notification system.

16 . The computer program product according to claim 15 , and comprising upon receiving, by the push notification service, the token and the event message:
computer readable program code configured to identify, based on the token, the mobile device, and computer readable program code configured to convey the event message to the computing device.

17 . The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to associate the token by conveying, by the computing device, a token request, generating, by the push notification service, the token in response to the request, and conveying, by the push notification service, the token to the computing device.

18 . The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to convey the token and the preferences by conveying, from the computing device, the token and the preferences to the computer system, and conveying, from the computer system, the token and the preferences to the event processing system via the one-way firewall.

19 . The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the event message comprises a severity level that is selected a list consisting of an informational event, a warning event, a minor event, a major event and a critical event, and wherein the preferences comprise a severity threshold and a message detail level.

20 . The computer program product according to claim 19 , wherein the computer readable program code is configured to match the preference to the event message by detecting that severity threshold is less than or equal to the severity level.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bareket Amit
• Keller Michael
• Lereya Daniel
• Sabzerou Avraham
• Weiss Moshe

Classifications

• H04L63/1458

  Denial of Service · CPC title

• H04L63/0272

  Virtual private networks · CPC title

• H04L63/1416 Primary

  Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection · CPC title

• H04L63/0853

  using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234) · CPC title

• H04L63/123 Primary

  received data contents, e.g. message integrity · CPC title