Method and apparatus for resolving network users to network computers
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable components for mapping users of a network connecting a plurality of computers, to the computers of the network, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising:
- (a) a manager for maintaining mapping information for each user of the network and for each computer connected to the network; and
(b) at least one agent for providing updated mapping information collected from the plurality of computers to the manager as users of the network change and addresses of computers connected to the network change, wherein the manager updates the mapping information with the updated mapping information provided by said at least one agent.
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Abstract
A naming service manager (46) is provided for resolving mapping information regarding a plurality of computers connected to a local area network (LAN 24) and their users. The naming service manager 46 collects mapping information, i.e., user login names, domain names, computer names and IP addresses, from a plurality of naming service agents 50 located on the LAN (24) and correlates the mapping information into a current computer-to-user assignment or "mapping" for each user of the LAN 24 and/or a current IP address-to-computer assignment or "mapping" for each computer connected to the LAN 24. The naming service manager (46) serves the correlated mapping information to a plurality of naming service applications (48) which process the correlated mapping information in accordance with their own needs and requirements.
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable components for mapping users of a network connecting a plurality of computers, to the computers of the network, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising:
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(a) a manager for maintaining mapping information for each user of the network and for each computer connected to the network; and (b) at least one agent for providing updated mapping information collected from the plurality of computers to the manager as users of the network change and addresses of computers connected to the network change, wherein the manager updates the mapping information with the updated mapping information provided by said at least one agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for resolving a plurality of users of a network connecting a plurality of computers to at least one of the computers connected to the network, the method comprising:
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(a) establishing for each user a computer-to-user mapping, which maps the user to at least one of the computers connected to the network; (b) establishing for each computer connected to the network a computer-to-address mapping, which maps the computer to a network address; (c) updating the computer-to-user mapping for each user as the user logs into and out of the at least one computer; and (d) updating the computer-to-address mapping for each computer as the network address for the computer changes. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for mapping users of a network connecting a plurality of computers, to the computers of the network, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a storage medium for storing a manager for maintaining mapping information for each user of the network and for each computer connected to the network, wherein the manager is provided updated mapping information from at least one agent which collects the updated mappimg information from the plurality of computers, and wherein the manager updates the mapping information with the updated mapping information provided by said at least one agent; and (b) a processing unit electronically coupled to the storage medium for executing program instructions which implement the manager. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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