EMBEDDED COLLECTION AND INVENTORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING NETWORK SUPPORT FOR AN INSTALL-BASE NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- performing, at an access node of a given network, network discovery to discover at least one node of the given network;
collecting, at the at least one node, an inventory of the at least one node;
collecting the inventory at the access node; and
sending the inventory from the access node to a back-office system external to the given network.
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Abstract
A system, method and application for facilitating network support for an install-base network is provided. The method includes performing, at an access node of the install-base network, network discovery to discover one or more nodes of the install-base network. The method also includes collecting, at the nodes, their respective inventories (“network-node inventories”). The method further includes collecting the network-node inventories at the access node, and sending the network-node inventories from the access node to a back-office system external to the install-base network. The method may, optionally, include the access node aggregating the network-node inventories to form aggregate information, and sending the aggregate information to the back-office system in addition to or in lieu of the of network-node inventories.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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performing, at an access node of a given network, network discovery to discover at least one node of the given network; collecting, at the at least one node, an inventory of the at least one node; collecting the inventory at the access node; and sending the inventory from the access node to a back-office system external to the given network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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at least one node of a given network configured to collect its inventory; and an access node of the given network configured to; perform network discovery to discover the at least one node; collect the inventory from the at least one node; and send the inventory to a back-office system external to the network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An application stored on at least one computer-readable medium, the application comprising:
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a first module having a first plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor of at least one node of a network, cause the at least one node to collect an inventory of the at least one node; and a second module having a second plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor of at least one access node of a network, cause the access node to; perform network discovery to discover the at least one node; collect the inventory from the at least one node; and send the inventory to a back-office system external to the network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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