Method and system for management and configuration of remote agents

• US 20050114397A1
• Filed: 03/30/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shankaranarayanan, Kartik, Mohapatra, Saurav, Doshi, Rutvik
• Granted Patent: US 7,711,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0286 for search or classification or discovery of web services providing management functionalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

Method and system for management and configuration of remote agents is provided. At least one web service is provided and at least one remote agent is managed and/or configured based on at least one web service.

Claims

1. A method for management and configuration of remote agents, comprising:

providing at least one web service; and

performing at least one of managing and configuring at least one remote agent based on at least one web service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a at least one remote agent comprises a web service based management interface, wherein the web service based management interface allows a manager to remotely examine and configure at least one remote agent.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the manager remotely examines and configures at least one remote agent through a central management console.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one remote agent is configured to run across a firewall, a proxy server, and/or a virtual private network.

5. A system for management and configuration of remote agents, comprising:

at least one remote agent; and

a manager for performing at least one of managing and configuring at least one remote agent based on at least one web service.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein a at least one remote agent comprises a web service based management interface, wherein the web service based management interface allows a manager to remotely examine and configure at least one remote agent.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the manager remotely examines and configures at least one remote agent through a central management console.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein at least one remote agent is configured to run across a firewall, a proxy server, and/or a virtual private network.

9. A computer readable storage medium including computer executable code for management and configuration of remote agents, comprising:

code for providing at least one web service; and

code for performing at least one of managing and configuring at least one remote agent based on at least one web service.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein a at least one remote agent comprises a web service based management interface, wherein the web service based management interface allows a manager to remotely examine and configure at least one remote agent.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the manager remotely examines and configures at least one remote agent through a central management console.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein at least one remote agent is configured to run across a firewall, a proxy server, and/or a virtual private network.