Alerting system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018292984-A1
Application number	US-201815921156-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2018
Priority date	Apr 10, 2017
Publication date	Oct 11, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to alerting. A server accesses a user-provided specification, the user-provided specification indicating an initial alert range for a measured value and a subsequent alert schedule for the measured value. The server monitors a physical measurement of the measured value. The server determines that the physical measurement falls within the initial alert range. The server provides an initial alert in response to the physical measurement falling within the initial alert range. The server provides a subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule in the user-provided specification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors of a machine; a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
accessing a user-provided specification, the user-provided specification indicating an initial alert range for a measured value and a subsequent alert schedule for the measured value, the measured value comprising a logical or mathematical combination of a first value and a second value;
monitoring a physical measurement of the first value and the second value to compute the measured value;
determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range;
providing an initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and
providing a subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule in the user-provided specification.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts once every threshold time period, the threshold time period being specified in the user-provided specification.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts when the computed measured value enters a subsequent value range, the subsequent value range being specified in the user-provided specification.

4 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
providing a user interface for editing the user-provided specification.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the user interface for editing the user-provided specification comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting an entity, a GUI for selecting the measured value to be monitored, the measured value being associated with the entity, a GUI for selecting the initial alert range, and a GUI for selecting the subsequent alert schedule.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
providing, in conjunction with the initial alert or the subsequent alert, one or more graphs of the computed measured value versus time over a period of time.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the initial alert range is subdivided, based on the user-provided specification, into a plurality of initial alert sub-ranges, the operations further comprising:
providing, in conjunction with the initial alert, an indication of one of the initial alert sub-ranges in response to the computed measured value falling within the one of the initial alert sub-ranges.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the measured value comprises a difference between the first value and the second value.

9 . The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
providing an indication of a total number of initial alerts or a total number of subsequent alerts generated during a specified time period.

10 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
accessing a user-provided specification, the user-provided specification indicating an initial alert range for a measured value and a subsequent alert schedule for the measured value, the measured value comprising a logical or mathematical combination of a first value and a second value; monitoring a physical measurement of the first value and the second value to compute the measured value; determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range; providing an initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and providing a subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule in the user-provided specification.

11 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts once every threshold time period, the threshold time period being specified in the user-provided specification.

12 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts when the computed measured value enters a subsequent value range, the subsequent value range being specified in the user-provided specification.

13 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
providing a user interface for editing the user-provided specification.

14 . The machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the user interface for editing the user-provided specification comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting an entity, a GUI for selecting the measured value to be monitored, the measured value being associated with the entity, a GUI for selecting the initial alert range, and a GUI for selecting the subsequent alert schedule.

15 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
providing, in conjunction with the initial alert or the subsequent alert, one or more graphs of the computed measured value versus time over a period of time.

16 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the initial alert range is subdivided, based on the user-provided specification, into a plurality of initial alert sub-ranges, the operations further comprising:
providing, in conjunction with the initial alert, an indication of one of the initial alert sub-ranges in response to the computed measured value falling within the one of the initial alert sub-ranges.

17 . The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the measured value comprises a difference between the first value and the second value.

18 . A method comprising:
accessing a user-provided specification, the user-provided specification indicating an initial alert range for a measured value and a subsequent alert schedule for the measured value, the measured value comprising a logical or mathematical combination of a first value and a second value; monitoring a physical measurement of the first value and the second value to compute the measured value; determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range; providing an initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and providing a subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule in the user-provided specification.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts once every threshold time period, the threshold time period being specified in the user-provided specification.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts when the computed measured value enters a subsequent value range, the subsequent value range being specified in the user-provided specification.

Assignees

• Palantir Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Cho Hongjai
• CZARNECKI Austin
• Fackler Steven
• Guler Can
• Taneja Nikhil
• Tobin David
• Wong Wilson

Classifications

• H04L41/0681

  Configuration of triggering conditions · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• H04L41/22

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L67/025 Primary

  for remote control or remote monitoring of applications · CPC title