PROXY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION

• US 20180302486A1
• Filed: 04/12/2017
• Published: 10/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ma, Lin, Pham, Peter M., Chuo, Wei Chung, Ye, Feng, Davison, Lawrence, Tian, Chen
• Application Number:
  US15/486,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20180302486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1004 Server selection for load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

A proxy processing device and associated method are provided to receive control signals from a manager that are based on user input received by the manager. Further, the control signals are sent to an agent for controlling one or more aspects of a collection of data from at least one node and a communication of the data to a destination via at least one channel. The collection of the data and the communication of the data is performed by the agent utilizing a plurality of software components that each customizes the one or more aspects of the collection of the data and the communication of the data.

Claims

1. A proxy processing device, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to;

receive control signals from a manager that are based on user input received by the manager; and

send the control signals to an agent for controlling one or more aspects of a collection of data from at least one node and a communication of the data to a destination via at least one channel, the collection of the data and the communication of the data being performed by the agent utilizing a plurality of software components that each customize the one or more aspects of the collection of the data and the communication of the data.

2. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more aspects include a selection of the destination of the data among a plurality of destinations.

3. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more aspects include a selection of the at least one channel among a plurality of channels.

4. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the control signals are further for controlling one or more aspects of a processing of the data collected from the at least one node before the communication of the data to the destination.

5. The proxy processing device of claim 4, wherein the processing includes at least one of sampling, encryption, or filtering of the data.

6. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein a communication of the proxy processing device with the agent is more frequent than a communication of the proxy processing device with the manager.

7. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the agent sends an initialization signal to the manager, and the manager, in response to the initialization signal, instructs the agent to communicate with the proxy processing device.

8. The proxy processing device of claim 7, wherein the manager instructs the agent to communicate with the proxy processing device, based on at least one of an availability or a location of the proxy processing device.

9. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

receive status information from the agent; and

send the status information to the manager, where the control signals are based, at least in part, on the status information.

10. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the manager conducts load balancing in connection with the proxy processing device based on a number of the agents in communication with the proxy processing device.

11. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the software components are capable of including different types of software components that collect the data differently.

12. The proxy processing device of claim 1, wherein the software components include plugins.

13. The proxy processing device of claim 12, wherein the plugins include a first plugin for the collection of the data and a second plugin for the communication of the data to the destination via the at least one channel.

14. The proxy processing device of claim 13, wherein the plugins include a third plugin for processing of the data collected from the at least one node before the communication of the data to the destination.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving control signals from a manager that are based on user input received by the manager; and

sending the control signals to an agent for controlling one or more aspects of a collection of data from at least one node and a communication of the data to a destination via at least one channel, the collection of the data and the communication of the data being performed by the agent utilizing a plurality of software components that each customize the one or more aspects of the collection of the data and the communication of the data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more aspects include a selection of the destination of the data among a plurality of destinations.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more aspects include a selection of the at least one channel among a plurality of channels.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the control signals are further for controlling one or more aspects of a processing of the data collected from the at least one node before the communication of the data to the destination.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the processing includes at least one of sampling, encryption, or filtering of the data.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein a communication with the agent is more frequent than a communication with the manager.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the agent sends an initialization signal directly to the manager, and the manager, in response to the initialization signal, instructs the agent to communicate with a proxy processing device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the manager instructs the agent to communicate with the proxy processing device, based on at least one of an availability or a location of the proxy processing device.

23. The method of claim 15, and further comprising:

receiving status information from the agent; and

sending the status information to the manager, where the control signals are based, at least in part, on the status information.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the manager conducts load balancing based on a number of the agents in communication with a proxy processing device.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein the software components are capable of including different types of software components that collect the data differently.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein the software components include plugins.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the plugins include a first plugin for the collection of the data and a second plugin for the communication of the data to the destination via the at least one channel.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the plugins include a third plugin for the processing of the data collected from the at least one node before the communication of the data to the destination.

29. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by a processor instruct the processor to:

receive control signals from a manager that are based on user input received by the manager; and

send the control signals to an agent for controlling one or more aspects of a collection of data from at least one node and a communication of the data to a destination via at least one channel, the collection of the data and the communication of the data being performed by the agent utilizing a plurality of software components that each customize the one or more aspects of the collection of the data and the communication of the data.