Multiplex communications – Diagnostic testing – Determination of communication parameters
Reexamination Certificate
2004-04-30
2009-08-18
Orgad, Edan (Department: 2419)
Multiplex communications
Diagnostic testing
Determination of communication parameters
C370S253000, C370S352000, C370S401000, C370S465000, C370S466000, C709S224000, C709S229000, C714S047300, C714S051000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07577101
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for performing health check requests on one or more network devices or network resources. The method and apparatus provide a build tool for building a health check request having an extensible data format adaptable to a protocol supported by the network device or network resource of concern. The health check request can be built using data captured from a unit of network traffic on a transmission medium or with data provided via a user interface, or a combination of both. A health check request built using the method or apparatus can support any protocol including proprietary protocols avoiding the need for a requestor to learn a protocol format in order to build a health check request checking an operational characteristic of a network device or network resource. The method and apparatus allow this to be accomplished using data captured from a successful transaction.
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Choiniere David A.
Hayduk Darren J.
Knight Timothy J.
Moogala Venu G.
Pawela Mark E.
Brooks & Kushman P.C.
Haliyur Venkatesh
Orgad Edan
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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