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Distributed element network management

  • US 6,963,911 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2001
  • Issued: 11/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for operating a networked group of elements, comprising the steps of:

  • providing at least one of the elements on a network with instructions that are located in the element;

    a proxy interrogating an element to determine whether it has a new code, the proxy being an intermediate between the elements and the network; and

    copying at least some of said instructions to the proxy upon detection of a new code in the element.

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