Methods and systems for managing network information objects

• US 20060235954A1
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Objective Systems Integrators, Inc. (Mycom Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Objective Systems Integrators, Inc. (Mycom Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Subramanian, Aswinikumar
• Application Number:
  US11/104,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20060235954A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

Methods and systems that substantially reduce the burden of fulfilling network management request response details

Claims

1. A method for managing networks, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a description of a plurality of network information objects, the description comprising a descriptive name for each network information object from the plurality of network information objects;

providing correlation instructions describing relationships between the plurality of network information objects, the correlation instructions being expressed in terms of the description of at least some of the plurality of network information objects;

obtaining data for the at least some of the plurality of network information objects;

correlating the at least some of the plurality of network information objects; and

obtaining at least one correlated element for each of the at least some of the plurality of network information objects.

2. The method of claim 1 where in the step of providing a description of the plurality of network information objects comprises the step of:

generating, in metadata, the description of the plurality of network information objects.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the metadata is expressed in a generalized markup language.

4. The method of claim 1 where in the step of providing correlation instructions comprises the step of:

generating, in metadata, the correlation instructions.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

providing the at least one correlated element for each of the at least some of the plurality of network information objects to a management application;

whereby the management application manages the network.

6. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one computer usable medium comprising;

a description, stored in said at least one computer usable medium, of a plurality of network information objects, the description comprising a descriptive name for each network information object from said plurality of network information objects;

at least one correlation instruction describing at least one relationship between said plurality of network information objects, said at least one correlation instruction being expressed in terms of said description of at least some of said plurality of network information objects;

computer readable code embodied therein, said computer readable code being capable of causing said at least one processor to;

obtain data for at least some of said plurality of network information objects;

correlate, according to said at least one correlation instruction, said at least some of said plurality of network information objects; and

obtain at least one correlated element for each of said at least some of said plurality of network information objects.

7. The system of claim 6 further comprising:

at least one other computer usable medium comprising;

at least one data structure including information resident in a database used by said computer readable code and including;

data for said plurality of network information objects.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein said at least one computer usable medium also comprises computer readable code capable of causing said at least one processor to:

generate, in metadata, said description of said plurality of network information objects.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the metadata is expressed in a generalized markup language.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein said at least one computer usable medium also comprises computer readable code capable of causing said at least one processor to:

provide said at least one correlated element for each of said at least some of said plurality of network information objects to a management application.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein said computer readable code also capable of causing at least one processor to:

provide the at least one correlated element for each one of the at least some of the plurality of network information objects to a management application.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein said description is expressed in metadata.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein said metadata is expressed in a generalized markup language.

15. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein said at least one correlation instruction is expressed in metadata.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein said metadata is expressed in a generalized markup language.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code capable of causing at least one processor to;

receive a description, stored in said computer usable medium, of a plurality of network information objects, the description comprising a descriptive name for each network information object from said plurality of network information objects;

receive at least one correlation instruction describing at least one relationship between said plurality of network information objects, said at least one correlation instruction being expressed in terms of said description of at least some of said plurality of network information objects;

obtain data for at least some of a plurality of network information objects;

correlate, according to said at least one correlation instruction, said at least some of said plurality of network information objects; and

obtain at least one correlated element for each one of said at least some of said plurality of network information objects.