KR100405966B1 - System for fault management of devices in home network system - Google Patents

Abstract

It effectively and systematically collects and manages various types of failure management information generated from devices such as a plurality of digital audio and video devices connected to a network so as to control each other.

A plurality of devices are connected to each other in a controllable network, and each of the plurality of devices has a fault management FCM to acquire and collect various fault management information generated in the device, and a request for fault management information is input through the network. If necessary, provide the currently collected or currently acquired problem management information through the network. In addition, when a failure management agent is connected to the network and a request for failure management information is input from the failure management manager, the failure management information is requested to the failure management FCM through the network and the failure management FCM is provided through the network. Collects the failure management information and transmits the failure management agent to the failure management agent. The request for the failure management information includes a request for failure management information currently generated, a request for historical failure management history information, a request for periodic collection of failure management information, and a request for releasing periodic collection of failure management information.

Description

System for fault management of devices in home network system

The present invention provides a home network system that allows a failure management manager installed in a central communication network management center to manage various failures generated in devices such as a plurality of digital audio and video devices connected to a network so as to control each other. A device failure management system.

With the development of digital technology, devices such as various digital audio and video devices have gradually appeared, and various methods have been proposed to connect the devices in a network to control their operations.

Home audio / video interoperability (HAVi) is known as one of methods for connecting the plurality of devices to a network.

The HAVi is one of the home networking technology standards proposed by Sony of Japan, and is intended to enable mutual control by connecting devices manufactured by different manufacturers through a network.

HAVi-based devices can be automatically controlled when connected to a network, and mutually controllable. In other words, HAVi has a Plug and Play function that enables devices to recognize and play with each other by simply plugging devices into a network.

In such a home network system, conventionally, only a user can operate one device in each home to control an operation of any other desired device, and various failure management information generated while the plurality of devices are operating can be controlled. Functions that enable effective and systematic collection and management are not defined.

Disclosure of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a device failure management system in a home network system that enables effective and systematic collection and management of various failure management information generated while operating a plurality of devices connected to a network to control each other. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a home network system that can collect and request the current failure management information and past failure management history information for a plurality of devices connected to the network, as well as periodically requesting the failure management information. It is to provide a device failure management system.

A device failure management system in a home network system of the present invention having the above object is a home network system in which a plurality of devices are connected to each other in a controllable network, and each device includes a failure management FCM in the plurality of devices. Acquire and collect various types of problem management information generated in the network, and provide the currently collected or currently acquired problem management information through the network when a request for the failure management information is input through the network. When a request for failure management information is input from the failure management manager, the failure management information is requested to the failure management FCM through the network, and the failure management manager collects the failure management information provided by the failure management FCM through the network according to the request. Fault management sent to Characterized in that the transmission to the transfer.

The request for the failure management information includes a request for failure management information currently generated, a request for historical failure management history information, a request for periodic collection of failure management information, and a request for releasing periodic collection of failure management information.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a failure management system of the present invention;

2 is a view for explaining the operation of the problem management manager collects the management information in the present invention,

3 is a view for explaining an operation of collecting a failure management history information of the past failure management manager in the present invention,

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operation in which a failure management manager periodically collects failure management information and terminates periodic collection.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: a plurality of devices 110: messaging system

120: system software element 130: multiple FCM

140: application 150: failure management FCM

200: network 300: failure management agent

400: problem management manager

Hereinafter, a device failure management system in a home network system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the failure management system of the present invention. Here, reference numeral 100 denotes a plurality of devices that are various digital audio and video devices including a digital versatile disk (DVD) player, a digital TV (DTV), and the like, connected to each other through the network 200.

The plurality of devices 100 are configured based on, for example, HAVi, and include a messaging system 110, a system software element 120, and a plurality of IEEE 1394 interface standards. FCM (Functional Component Module) 130, and the application (Application) 140, which is a HAVi operating program.

In the plurality of devices 100 having such a configuration, the present invention includes a failure management FCM 150 in the plurality of devices 100, and each of the plurality of devices 100 includes a failure management agent 300. And connected to the network 200, the central management network 400 is provided with a failure management manager (400).

The failure management FCM 150 acquires failure management information from the plurality of FCMs 130 when the failure management agent 300 requests failure management information through the network 200, and obtains the failure management information. To the management agent 300 through the network (200).

The failure management agent 300 and the failure management manager 400 are configured as, for example, a computer system, and the failure management agent 300 and the failure management through TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) of the Internet network. Managers 400 are connected to each other.

In the failure management system of the present invention having such a configuration, when the failure management manager 400 wants to collect various failure management information generated in the plurality of devices 100, the failure management agent 300 first uses TCP / IP. When the connection is completed, the failure management manager 400 requests the failure management agent 300 to provide various failure management information generated in the plurality of devices 100. For example, the plurality of devices 100 require services such as current failure management information currently occurring, failure management history information occurring in the past, and periodic collection of failure management information.

Upon receiving the request for such a service, the failure management agent 300 interprets the service request and transmits the current failure management information to the failure management FCM 150 in the device 100 through the network 200 according to the analyzed service request. It is required to provide various problem management information such as historical problem management history information and periodic collection of problem management information.

The failure management FCM 150 acquires and collects various failure management information through a plurality of FCMs 130 and the like. When the data for requesting the provision of the failure management information is input as described above, the failure management FCM 150 is performed. ) Transmits the failure management information collected and acquired through the FCM 130 to the failure management agent 300 through the network 200, the failure management agent 300 is a failure received from the failure management FCM (150) The management information is transmitted to the failure management manager 400.

Here, the periodic collection operation of the current failure management information, past failure management history information, and failure management information will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 2 to 4.

2 is a diagram illustrating an operation of collecting a variety of failure management information generated by the failure management manager 400 in the plurality of devices 100 according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the problem management manager 400 connects to the problem management agent 300 through the Internet network, and the problem management manager 400 communicates with the problem management agent 300 to the problem management agent 300. The current failure management information for the devices 100 connected to the request 200 is requested 500.

Then, the failure management agent 300 interprets the request 500 for the current failure management information and requests the current failure management information to the failure management FCM 150 in the devices 100 through the network 200 (501). )do. The failure management FCMs 150 that have received the request for failure management information 501 acquire various types of failure management information currently generated from the plurality of FCMs 130 and transmit the acquired current failure management information through the network 200. Provided to the failure management agent 300 (502).

The failure management agent 300, which has received the current failure management information 502 from the failure management FCM 150, operates as described above with respect to the other devices 100 connected to the network 200. Collect current failure management information for the 100, and transmits the collected current failure management information to the failure management manager 400 (503).

3 is a view for explaining an operation of the failure management manager 400 collects the past failure management history information generated in the plurality of devices 100 in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the failure management manager 400 requests the failure management agent 300 for historical failure management history information of the devices 100 connected to the failure management agent 300 and the network 200. (510).

Then, the failure management agent 300 interprets the request 510 of the past failure management history information, and the failure management history of the past to the failure management FCM 150 in the predetermined device 100 through the network 200. Information is requested 511. The failure management FCMs 150 that have received the request for the failure management history information 511 of the past manage the failure management history information acquired from the plurality of FCMs 130 to date through the network 200. Provided to the agent 300 (512).

The failure management agent 300, which has received the previous failure management history information from the failure management FCM 150 (512), operates as described above with respect to the other devices 100 connected to the network 200. Collects past problem management history information for the devices 100 of the device, and transmits the collected past problem management history information to the problem management manager 400 (513).

4 is a diagram illustrating an operation in which the failure management manager 400 periodically collects failure management information generated in the plurality of devices 100 and ends the periodic collection.

As shown in FIG. 2, the failure management manager 400 may transmit the failure management information of the failure management information currently occurring in the predetermined device 100 connected to the failure management agent 300 and the network 200. Requires periodic collection (520).

Then, the failure management agent 300 interprets the request 520 for the periodic collection of current failure management information, and the period and current failure management information set to the failure management FCM 150 of the devices 100 through the network 200. Send a command for periodic collection of 521.

The failure management FCM 150 that receives the set cycle from the failure management agent 300 and a command for periodic collection of current failure management information 521 acquires failure management information from the FCM 130 according to the set cycle. In operation 522, the failure management information acquired periodically is provided to the failure management agent 300 through the network 200.

The failure management agent 300 which has received the management information periodically acquired from the failure management FCM 150 (522) transmits the received management information to the failure management manager 400 (523) as a failure management FCM Operation 150 provides the management information periodically acquired to the management agent 300 (522) and transmits the management information that the management agent 300 provided to the management manager 400 (523). Repeat the operation.

In this state, when the failure management manager 400 requests the termination of periodic collection of current failure management information for the devices 100 to the failure management agent 300, the failure management agent 300 is a device. Requests for termination of the periodic collection of failure management information to the failure management FCM 150 of the (100) (525), the failure management FCM 150 according to the request 525 of the end of the periodic collection of the failure management information failure management information End the operation of collecting and providing periodically.

Meanwhile, in the above description, the failure management manager 400 receives various failure management information from all devices 100 connected to the failure management agent 300 and the network 200 through the failure management agent 300 as an example. It was. In the implementation of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the problem management manager 400 selects from among a plurality of devices 100 connected to the problem management agent 300 and the network 200 through the problem management agent 300. It can be modified in various ways, such as to be able to receive a variety of failure management information from the device 100.

In the above description, HAVi has been described as a home network system. However, the present invention can be applied to other home network systems in addition to HAVi.

As described above, in the present invention, when a plurality of devices such as digital audio / video equipment are connected to a network to control operations between the devices, a failure management agent may be installed in the plurality of devices at the request of the failure management manager installed in the central communication network management center. The failure management information for a plurality of networked devices can be integrated and managed in the failure management manager by collecting and providing current and past history failure information to the failure management manager periodically through the installed failure management FCM. can do.

Therefore, the present invention ultimately implements an operation management system that enables the transmission of various failure management information generated in the home network system to the central network management center. In addition, the response time to overload, failure, etc. can be minimized, and the interaction and service support between the manufacturer of the digital home appliance and the customers using the digital home appliance can be improved.

Claims (2)

In the home network system that is connected to the network controlably between a plurality of devices, A failure management FCM provided in each of the plurality of devices to collect failure management information and to provide currently collected or currently acquired failure management information through the network when a request for failure management information is input through the network; And When a request for failure management information is input from the failure management manager, the failure management information is requested to the failure management FCM through the network, and the failure management manager collects the failure management information provided by the failure management FCM through the network according to the request. Device failure management system in the home network system, characterized in that consisting of a failure management agent to transmit to. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for failure management information comprises; Device failure management system in the home network system, characterized in that it includes a request for failure management information currently generated, a request for historical failure management history, a request for periodic collection of failure management information, and a request for canceling the periodic collection of failure management information.