Communication protocol binding in a computer system for designing networks
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1. A computer-implemented method of designing a network, comprising:
- populating a network design sheet on a computer display with an intelligent device object that represents a device object having physical attributes and logical attributes, wherein the device object further includes at least one port for facilitating communication with the network;
selecting a network communication protocol object, from a plurality of network communication protocol objects, each network communication protocol object representing a network protocol having logical attributes;
determining if the network communication protocol object can be validly bound to one of the at least one ports in the intelligent device object by comparing the logical attributes of the port and the network protocol, wherein the determining step further comprises the steps of;
entering protocol data into a plurality of data fields displayed in a Binding Editor; and
validating the protocol data for syntax and a correct number of characters for a selected network protocol; and
binding the network communication protocol object to the port of the intelligent device object on the network design sheet only if the binding is valid.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of designing a network includes the steps of populating a network design sheet on a computer display with an intelligent device object that represents a device object having physical attributes and logical attributes, selecting a communication protocol object representing a communication protocol having logical attributes, determining if the communication protocol object can be validly bound to the intelligent device object by comparing the logical attributes of each, and binding the communication protocol object to the intelligent device object on the network design sheet only if the binding is valid.
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1. A computer-implemented method of designing a network, comprising:
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populating a network design sheet on a computer display with an intelligent device object that represents a device object having physical attributes and logical attributes, wherein the device object further includes at least one port for facilitating communication with the network;
selecting a network communication protocol object, from a plurality of network communication protocol objects, each network communication protocol object representing a network protocol having logical attributes;
determining if the network communication protocol object can be validly bound to one of the at least one ports in the intelligent device object by comparing the logical attributes of the port and the network protocol, wherein the determining step further comprises the steps of;
entering protocol data into a plurality of data fields displayed in a Binding Editor; and
validating the protocol data for syntax and a correct number of characters for a selected network protocol; and
binding the network communication protocol object to the port of the intelligent device object on the network design sheet only if the binding is valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
forcing the port to be bound to the network communication protocol object even if the binding is invalid.
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