Monitoring and Managing Distributed Devices
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring and managing distributed devices, wherein a monitoring server is used to monitor a plurality of monitored devices that are divided into a plurality of groups, one of monitored devices in each group being a primary device for the group, and the others being the member devices of the group, the method comprising:
- receiving group status information at the monitoring server from the group primary device;
selecting one or more of the monitored devices to create a new group in; and
sending information about the new group to the primary device of the new group.
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Abstract
Distributed network devices are monitored and managed by a monitoring server. The monitored devices are divided into a plurality of groups, one of monitored devices in each group being appointed the primary device of the group. Group status information is normally received only from the primary device of the group or receiving member status information from a member device. When group status information is received by the monitoring server, the monitoring server may assign the devices covered by the group status report to new groups with the same or a different primary device.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring and managing distributed devices, wherein a monitoring server is used to monitor a plurality of monitored devices that are divided into a plurality of groups, one of monitored devices in each group being a primary device for the group, and the others being the member devices of the group, the method comprising:
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receiving group status information at the monitoring server from the group primary device; selecting one or more of the monitored devices to create a new group in; and sending information about the new group to the primary device of the new group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A server apparatus for monitoring and managing distributed devices assigned to a plurality of groups, one of monitored devices in each group being the primary device of the group, the apparatus further comprising:
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a receiver component for receiving group status information from the primary device of the group; and a group creation component assigning distributed devices covered by the group status report to one or more new groups, for assigning one member of each new group the role of primary device and sending group information to the newly assigned primary device for the group. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a computer usable media embodying program instructions, said program instructions when loaded into and executed by a computer enabling the computer to monitor and manage distributed devices, arranged in groups with each group having a primary device, by:
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receiving group status information at the monitoring server from the group primary device; selecting one or more of the monitored devices to create a new group in; and sending information about the new group to the primary device of the new group. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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