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Event management system utilizing dynamic adaptation for external devices

  • US 6,292,099 B1
  • Filed: 09/20/1999
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of efficiently interfacing an Event Management System (EMS) which communicates in a standard format with an external device which communicates in a device-specific format, said method comprising the steps of:

  • functionally separating core EMS components, which log and correlate events, from a plurality of EMS boundary components, which interact with the external device;

    storing, in an information repository associated with the EMS, external device information, said information including a class and location for a protocol handler and a content handler for the external device;

    initiating a connection from the external device to one of the boundary components;

    obtaining by the boundary component, the external device information from the information repository;

    remotely loading by the boundary component, the protocol handler class and the content handler class obtained for the external device, from the identified location;

    instantiating the protocol handler class and the content handler class;

    connecting the instantiated protocol handler class and the instantiated content handler class to the external device to convert information in the device'"'"'s device-specific format to information in the standard format utilized by the EMS.

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