SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING COMMANDS IN A MODULARIZED SOFTWARE SYSTEM

• US 20100030915A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nectar Holdings, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nectar Holdings, Inc.
• Inventors: Fuccillo, Joseph, Kiefer, Matthew, Baydian, Edmond
• Granted Patent: US 8,578,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• 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 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• 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 41/0604 using filtering, e.g. reduction of information by using priority, element types, position or time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/34 Source routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/785 among multiple network domains, e.g. multilateral agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/302 Administrative registration, e.g. for domain names at internet corporation for assigned names and numbers [ICANN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5076 Update or notification mechanisms, e.g. DynDNS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42

Abstract

Converged network management application and system is provided that delivers a management platform as a service that can view and/or manage all managed networks in the aggregate, or any one of them individually (including individual devices within the managed networks), in a secure and efficient manner, providing continuously available intelligence in real time on the managed networks and systems, and overcoming integration issues including conflicting address schemas, the need to avoid unnecessary infrastructure, and the need acquire all necessary information in real time within applicable memory and bandwidth constraints.

Claims

1. A method for routing commands in a modularized software system, comprising:

(a) expressly or implicitly specifying a route from an originating node to a target node using a protocol that supports specifying a plurality of links through successive addresses in said route to reach said target node;

(b) specifying a command to be executed at said target node;

(c) invoking a socket with said route and command as parameters;

(d) routing the command and parameters in accordance with said route;

(e) executing the command with its parameters at said target node;

(f) returning any results of said execution back through said route to said originating node; and

(g) closing down said route when said execution is completed.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein said route comprises a series of addresses including an address for said target node, and said command is passed recursively through the respective network facilities at said addresses for execution at said target node.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the command is part of a hierarchy of containers and commands.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the links of route are tunneled over another protocol.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein said other protocol is SSL.

6. A system for routing commands in a modularized software system, comprising:

(a) an application that implicitly or explicitly specifies a route from an originating node to a target node using a protocol that supports specifying a plurality of links through successive addresses in said route to reach said target node, and a command, and which invokes said socket with said route and command as parameters;

(b) one or more runtime instances, each comprising

a channel master that sets up routing by matching specified routing with open channel connections; and

a channel connection that communicates the remainder of the route (less the portion of the route used to reach said channel connection) and command to another channel connection; and

(c) a target node within the last one of said instances that executes the command, said last one of said instances being deemed to have been reached when no route parameter precedes said command parameter.

7. A system as described in claim 6 further comprising an operational support system that uses the routing functionality provided by said system of paragraph 11 for purposes of carrying out operational support monitoring and management.