Method and system for remotely browsing objects
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1. The network agent for a telecommunications network, said network agent comprising:
- an extensible framework;
one or more managed objects registerable with said framework; and
one or more network adaptors registerable with said framework for a network communications protocol for enabling access to said managed objects; and
at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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Abstract
A generic management framework for a network management system enables management services and management agents to be added in use as required. Management services can be loaded or plugged into the framework dynamically. As a result a management structure can be provided which is scalable and dynamic and can evolve as requirements change. Management information is modelled as management beans. Network management adaptors can also be added as required to the framework to support protocols such as HTTP, SSL, RMI, SNMP. Remote applications can thereby control the management beans remotely through different protocols.
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1. The network agent for a telecommunications network, said network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework; one or more managed objects registerable with said framework; and one or more network adaptors registerable with said framework for a network communications protocol for enabling access to said managed objects; and at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system connectable to a telecommunications network, said computing system including an network agent, said network agent including:
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an extensible framework; one or more managed objects registerable with said framework; and one or more network adaptors registerable with said framework for a network communications protocol for enabling access to said managed objects; and at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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9. An object-based network agent on at least one storage medium, said network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework service object; one or more managed objects registerable with said framework service; and one or more network adaptor objects registerable with said framework service for a network communications protocol for enabling access to said managed objects; and at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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10. A network management system comprising a network agent for a managed system, said network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework service object; one or more managed objects registerable with said framework service; and one or more network adaptor objects registerable with said framework service for a network communications protocol for enabling access to said managed objects; and at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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11. A network agent for a communications network, such network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework; one or more managed objects registerable with the framework; and one or more network communications protocol adaptors registerable with the framework for enabling access to the managed objects; the framework being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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12. A network agent for a communications network, such network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework; one or more managed objects registerable with the framework; and one or more network communications protocol adaptors registerable with the framework for enabling access to the managed objects; at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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13. A network agent for a communications network, such network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework; one or more managed objects registerable with the framework; and one or more network communications protocol adaptors registerable with the framework for enabling access to the managed objects; at least one of the network communications protocol adaptors being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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14. A network agent for a communications network, such network agent comprising:
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an extensible framework; a plurality of managed objects registerable with the framework; and a plurality of network communications protocol adaptors registerable with the framework for enabling access to the managed objects; the framework being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection; each of a plurality of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection; and each of a plurality of the network communications protocol adaptors being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection.
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17. A method of providing agent services via a communications network, such method comprising:
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dynamically registering one or more managed objects with an extensible agent framework, such framework being a component of an agent service; registering one or more network adaptors for network communications protocols with the agent framework; and enabling access to a managed object via a network adaptor; at least one of the managed objects being a bean which comprises a set of properties, a set of methods for performing actions, and support for events and for introspection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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