Inventors:
Kevin M. Royce - Colorado Springs CO
Stanley D. Berry - Colorado Springs CO
Brian W. Erdmann - Monument CO
Jeffrey P. Scheetz - Colorado Springs CO
John D. Cole - Colorado Springs CO
Hayes J. Landry - Colorado Springs CO
Assignee:
MCI Corporation - Washington DC
International Classification:
G06F 1100
Abstract:
An autonotification system that automatically performs pre-determined notification procedures based on specific messages detected from programs called traps. The present invention detects triggering events, such as job failures, abnormal ends (ABENDs), erroneous output, return codes, and successful completions. When a triggering event is detected, the system will reference data that specifies the notification service to perform. Such notification services may include the issuance of numeric pages, alpha-numeric pages, electronic mail, Problem Management Records (PMRs), and voice mail messages. The notification procedures include confirmations of receipt of notifications. The notification procedures also include automatic escalations, based on such confirmations, to notify additional personnel (default recipients) when no response or a negative response is received from the prior recipient of the notification.