Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Pwu, Jeffrey (Department: 2143)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C709S217000, C715S734000, C715S736000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07054926
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for managing network devices using a parsable string that conforms to a specified grammar. The parsable string is used to represent locations of entities and is called an entity location specifier. The grammar may conform to Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF). The entity location specifier comprises one or more location elements taken from a superset of location elements needed to specify the locations of entities for network device platforms. The superset of location elements can include both physical and logical entities. As a result, a network management application can retrieve a description of entities and elements contained in a network device using a single request, and can receive a single string value that is parsable to identify individual entities or elements in the device.
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Abidi Vasmi M.
McCloghrie Keith
Shih Hongchi
Cisco Technology Inc.
Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP
Nguyen Phuoc H.
Pwu Jeffrey
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