System and method for WAP server management using a single console

• US 7,170,864 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 01/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BMC Software Incorporated (KKR & Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: BMC Software Incorporated (KKR & Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Matharu, Tarlochan S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim; Krisna
• Application Number:
  US10/093,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,789 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 370/310, 455/3.01
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/12 Application layer protocols, e.g. WAP [Wireless Application Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

An improved method and system for WAP server management using a single console. A plurality of servers for wireless communication may provide wireless services to one or more clients using a wireless protocol (e.g., WAP). A management console coupled to the plurality of servers may provide integrated management of the plurality of servers. Each agent of a plurality of agents may execute on a corresponding server of the plurality of servers. Each agent may gather information about execution of the respective server and/or execution of the wireless services provided by its respective server. Each agent may provide the gathered information to the management console. The management console may display the gathered information in a number of user-configurable ways (e.g., aggregate information regarding the execution of the plurality of servers, individualized information regarding the execution of individual servers of the plurality of servers.

Claims

1. A system for management of wireless communication, the system comprising:

a plurality of managed servers for wireless communication, wherein the managed servers are operable to provide wireless services for one or more clients using a wireless protocol to access one or more targets in communication with the managed servers;

a plurality of agents executable at the managed servers and gathering information about the managed servers; and

a management console coupled to the plurality of servers and receiving the gathered information about the managed servers from the agents executable at the managed servers, wherein the management console is operable to provide integrated management of the plurality of managed servers based on the gathered information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless protocol comprises Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the agents gather information about execution of the managed servers and provide the gathered information to the management console.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the plurality of managed servers.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the management console is operable to display gathered information regarding the execution of individual servers of the plurality of managed servers.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the agents gather information about execution of the wireless services provided by the managed servers and provide the gathered information to the management console.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by the plurality of servers.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by individual servers of the plurality of servers.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrated management of the managed servers is selected from the group consisting of managing logs, managing bearers, managing access to the managed servers, displaying topology of components of the managed servers, displaying attributes of the managed servers, controlling traffic of the managed servers, starting the managed servers, initiating a recovery routine for the managed servers, restarting the managed servers running on the same host as one of the agents, shutting down the managed servers, altering settings for session and thread settings for the managed servers, altering settings for thread pool and session cache size for the managed servers, cleaning up session data kept in a database for the managed servers, installing licenses for the managed servers, providing statistical counters maintained by the managed servers and gathered by a knowledge module of one of the agents, and enabling snapshot logging of statistical counters of the managed servers to an access log.

10. A method for managing wireless communication, the method comprising:

providing wireless services for one or more client to access one or more targets in communication with the managed servers, wherein the wireless services are provided by a plurality of managed servers using a wireless protocol;

gathering information about the managed servers using a plurality of agents executable at the managed servers;

receiving the gathered information about the managed servers from the agents at a management console; and

providing integrated management of the plurality of managed servers using the management console based on the gathered information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein gathering information comprises:

gathering information related to execution of each respective server of the plurality of managed servers using a corresponding respective agent of the plurality of agents; and

providing the gathered information to the management console.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the plurality of managed servers.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of individual servers of the plurality of managed servers.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein gathering information comprises:

gathering information related to execution of the wireless services provided by each respective server of the plurality of managed servers using a corresponding respective agent of the plurality of agents; and

providing the gathered information to the management console.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by the plurality of managed servers.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by individual servers of the plurality of managed servers.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the wireless protocol comprises Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the integrated management of the managed servers is selected from the group consisting of managing logs, managing bearers, managing access to the managed servers, displaying topology of components of the managed servers, displaying attributes of the managed servers, controlling traffic of the managed servers, starting the managed servers, initiating a recovery routine for the managed servers, restarting the managed servers running on the same host as one of the agents, shutting down the managed servers, altering settings for session and thread settings for the managed servers, altering settings for thread pool and session cache size for the managed servers, cleaning up session data kept in a database for the managed servers, installing licenses for the managed servers, providing statistical counters maintained by the managed servers and gathered by a knowledge module of one of the agents, and enabling snapshot logging of statistical counters of the managed servers to an access log.

19. A programmable storage device which stores program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by a programmable control device to:

gather information about managed servers using a plurality of agents executable at the managed servers, wherein the managed servers provide wireless services to one or more clients, using a wireless protocol to access one or more targets in communication with the managed servers;

receive the gathered information about the managed servers from the agents at a management console; and

provide integrated management of the plurality of managed servers using the management console based on the gathered information.

20. The programmable storage device of claim 19, wherein the wireless protocol comprises Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

21. The programmable storage device of claim 19, wherein to gather information, the program instructions are further executable to:

gather information related to execution of each respective server of the plurality of servers using a corresponding respective agent of the plurality of agents; and

provide the gathered information to the management console.

22. The programmable storage device of claim 21, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the plurality of servers.

23. The programmable storage device medium of claim 21, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of individual servers of the plurality of servers.

24. The programmable storage device of claim 19, wherein to gather information, the program instructions are further executable to:

gather information related to execution of the wireless services provided by each respective server of the plurality of managed servers using a corresponding respective agent of the plurality of agents; and

provide the gathered information to the management console.

25. The programmable storage device of claim 24, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by the plurality of managed servers.

26. The programmable storage device of claim 24, wherein the management console is operable to display the gathered information regarding the execution of the wireless services provided by individual servers of the plurality of managed servers.

27. The programmable storage device of claim 19, wherein the integrated management of the managed servers is selected from the group consisting of managing logs, managing bearers, managing access to the managed servers, displaying topology of components of the managed servers, displaying attributes of the managed servers, controlling traffic of the managed servers, starting the managed servers, initiating a recovery routine for the managed servers, restarting the managed servers running on the same host as one of the agents, shutting down the managed servers, altering settings for session and thread settings for the managed servers, altering settings for thread pool and session cache size for the managed servers, cleaning up session data kept in a database for the managed servers, installing licenses for the managed servers, providing statistical counters maintained by the managed servers and gathered by a knowledge module of one of the agents, and enabling snapshot logging of statistical counters of the managed servers to an access log.