Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-20
2005-12-20
Barot, Bharat (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C709S201000, C709S220000, C709S238000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06978301
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a global graphical user interface (GUI) for communicating with various network devices. The global GUI includes an intuitive interface driven by a template library. For each device type and each device manufacturer, this template library can store both the attribute fields required for device configuration and the format for communicating those attribute fields. When a network administrator wants to communicate with a particular network device, the template associated with that device can be retrieved from the template library. The network administrator can then populate the attribute fields of that template with the appropriate data. This attribute data can be formatted and provided to the network device.
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