Display of phones on a map of a network
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1. A method of discovery and display of one or more phones on a network, said method including the steps of discovering a phone by means of a first protocol, using discovered information to insert an icon representing the phone in the relevant position in a display of the topology of the network, and discovering other devices on the network using a different protocol.
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Abstract
In a computer network, a process of discovery of the network, including discovery of network phones, and means for retrieving an icon relating to the phones and displaying a network map including network phones in the network map.
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1. A method of discovery and display of one or more phones on a network, said method including the steps of
discovering a phone by means of a first protocol, using discovered information to insert an icon representing the phone in the relevant position in a display of the topology of the network, and discovering other devices on the network using a different protocol.
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6. A computer program on a computer readable medium or embodied in a carrier wave for use in discovery and display of one or more phones on a network, said computer program comprising:
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a program step for establishing the topology of the network including said one or more phones, said program step comprising a program step for establishing the topology of the network using a first protocol, and a program step for establishing the topology of said one or more phones using a different protocol, and a program step for using this information to insert an icon representing a relevant phone into a display of the topology of the network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program on a computer readable medium or embodied in a carrier wave for use in discovery of one or more phones on a network, said computer program comprising:
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a program step to use SNMP to discover the network, including managed devices, a telephone controller and establishing MAC addresses of unmanaged phones;
a program step to change from SNMP to HTTP;
a program step to load a web page from the telephone controller;
a program step to parse the web page of the telephone controller to establish correspondence between particular Ethernet phones and MAC addresses;
a program step to find ports with MAC address of phones;
a program step to determine, in respect of a port on which a phone MAC address present, if there is only a single MAC address;
if yes, a program step to retrieve and display a phone icon on a network map and relevant details connected directly to the port;
if no, a program step to determine if there are two MAC addresses and if one is a phone;
if yes, a program step to provide an icon of a device with a second MAC address connected to the network via the phone;
if no, a program step to display an unmanaged aggregator display cloud.
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- 12. Apparatus for use in the discovery of one or more phones on a network, comprising means to discover the network, including means to discover one or more phones and the other devices on the network using different protocols and means to use the information discovered to insert an icon representing a phone in the relevant position in a display of the topology of the network.
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