US 11,704,108 B2
Activity-aware update management
Natalie Brooks Powell, Bolingbrook, IL (US); Bobbi Davitt, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Tami Rose Bryan, Howard, MD (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,472.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391187 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [H04L 67/34 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
in response to receiving a request to perform an update to a system, identifying priorities of pending activities;
determining a downtime duration associated with the update;
determining a time to perform the update based on the pending activities to be completed on the system, wherein determining a time to perform the update comprises:
establishing a relative priority between the update and the identified pending activities by,
assigning a value score that assesses value of a pending activity with respect to a user added to an effort score that reflects an amount of user assisted activity a respective pending activity needs, and
determining an order in which to perform each identified pending activity and the update; and
performing either the update or the identified pending activities according to the determined order based on the established, relative priority.