Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2005-11-01
Knight, Anthony (Department: 2121)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C709S225000, C709S226000, C700S080000, C700S275000, C340S315000, C340S870030, C707S793000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06961763
ABSTRACT:
An architecture for an automation system is disclosed that includes look-up services, a soft-state store, and a publication/subscription eventing component. The look-up services maintain a database of a number of devices to be controlled and monitored, and a database of a number of device objects corresponding to the devices. The services can be divided into attribute-based and name-based services. The soft-state store manages variables regarding the devices and the device objects, including heartbeats. The eventing component enables subscriptions to events related to changes in the variables. The architecture can include management daemons, such as a monitoring daemon that detects problems with power line devices.
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