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Method and system for managing vendor and model information in a multi-protocol remote monitoring system

  • US 20050165927A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2004
  • Published: 07/28/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing information related to at least one monitored device communicatively coupled to a network, comprising:

  • selecting a communication protocol among a plurality of communication protocols used to extract status information from the at least one monitored device;

    retrieving, from a first memory, a protocol object associated with the selected communication protocol, wherein the protocol object includes vendor and model information of the at least one monitored device;

    obtaining, from the protocol object, a vendor name of a monitored device of the at least one monitored device supported by the selected communication protocol;

    obtaining, from the protocol object, a model name corresponding to the obtained vendor name;

    creating a descriptive string using the obtained vendor name and the obtained model name;

    determining if the descriptive string is present in a second memory; and

    if the determining step determines that the descriptive string is not present in the second memory, storing the descriptive string in the second memory in association with the protocol object.

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