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Object independent scoping in an open system interconnection system

  • US 5,704,041 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1994
  • Issued: 12/30/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, resident in an agent platform, for scoping managed object instances (MOIs) to receive a message from a manager application, said messagespecifying a portion of a tree containing the MOIs to receive the message, the method comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining, at the agent platform, said tree in a current and an accurate state;

    receiving at the agent platform the message from the manager;

    from the message determining at the agent platform the specified tree portion;

    recursing by the agent platform through the tree within and adjacent to the tree portion to find which MOIs should receive the message;

    generating, at the agent platform, a scope list comprising the MOIs which should receive the message;

    sending a message from the agent platform to the MOIs which should receive the message as determined from said generating step, thereby permitting the MOIs to process said message without having to know of the presence or absence of other MOIs;

    wherein the message from the manager is delete, and MOIs are only added to the scope list if they are deletable.

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