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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Hamish Donald Stuart Martin, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Robert Linzell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Ronan François Daniel Grandin, Edinburgh, GB;
Robert James Duncan, Edinburgh, GB;
Hamish Donald Stuart Martin, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Robert Linzell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Ronan François Daniel Grandin, Edinburgh, GB;
Robert James Duncan, Edinburgh, GB;
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A network management apparatus and method reduces the number of events presented in an event list to a user. In particular, the apparatus and method reduces the number of events, which are generated during the monitoring of a network and may be due to rebooting of a device on the network, presented to the user by determining, upon receiving an event relating to a device, whether a more significant event already appears in the event list relating to the device, and if so, preventing the received event from being presented in the event list to the user.