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Using objects to discover network information about a remote network having a different network protocol

  • US 5,845,081 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1996
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for discovering information about a first computer network having a plurality of nodes, from a device remote from said first network, wherein said first network uses a first network protocol and said remote device uses a second network protocol different from said first network protocol, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) identifying a node with which the remote device can communicate wherein said identified node has access to information about the first network,b) at the remote device, receiving information about the first network from the identified node wherein said received first network information includes node connection information and node type information for a plurality of first network nodes;

    c) at the remote device, retrieving an object model including object type definitions wherein said type definitions are remote device representations of node types for nodes using the first network protocol;

    d) at the remote device, creating a plurality of objects representing the received first network information such that each object has a type specified by the retrieved object model; and

    e) using the created objects to identify first network nodes accessible from the remote device.

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