System and method for managing diverse video network devices via application and interface objects
First Claim
1. A video conference network platform for managing at least two video conference network devices each having unique operational attributes, the video conference network platform comprising:
- a video conference network interface module operable to interface with the at least two video conference network devices and to represent of the at least two video conference network devices as corresponding interface objects;
an adapter engine associated with the video conference network interface module and operable to create a corresponding application object for each of said at least two video conference network devices, each application object corresponding to a respective interface object and having a common format, each application object including operational attributes obtained via an interrogation of the respective video conference device by the adapter engine;
one or more management applications operable to manage the at least two video conference network devices via their respective application and interface objects; and
a discovery engine associated with the video conference network interface, the discovery engine operable to detect each of the at least two video conference network devices and initiate creation of an object to represent each detected video conference network device;
wherein the discovery engine initiates creation of an application object by the adapter engine, the adapter engine further operable to initiate creation of a corresponding interface object by the video conference network interface.
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Abstract
A video network platform manages video network devices with management applications, such as scheduling, monitoring and diagnostics applications, by representing the devices as interface objects that support a network interface module, and application objects used by the management applications and created by an adapter engine that creates an application object for each corresponding video network device interface object. A network interface module associated with the video network platform invokes the adapter engine to create an application object associated with a device. The application object uses its dynamic attribute query capabilities to build an interface object in the network interface module and thus obtain device attributes such as device address information. The application module populates itself with device information for supporting management applications, thus allowing conventional network interface modules to cooperate with application specific objects.
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17 Claims
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1. A video conference network platform for managing at least two video conference network devices each having unique operational attributes, the video conference network platform comprising:
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a video conference network interface module operable to interface with the at least two video conference network devices and to represent of the at least two video conference network devices as corresponding interface objects; an adapter engine associated with the video conference network interface module and operable to create a corresponding application object for each of said at least two video conference network devices, each application object corresponding to a respective interface object and having a common format, each application object including operational attributes obtained via an interrogation of the respective video conference device by the adapter engine; one or more management applications operable to manage the at least two video conference network devices via their respective application and interface objects; and a discovery engine associated with the video conference network interface, the discovery engine operable to detect each of the at least two video conference network devices and initiate creation of an object to represent each detected video conference network device; wherein the discovery engine initiates creation of an application object by the adapter engine, the adapter engine further operable to initiate creation of a corresponding interface object by the video conference network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of managing at least two video conference network devices each having unique operational attributes, the method comprising:
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interfacing a video conference network interface module with the at least two video conference network devices and representing the at least two video conference network devices as corresponding interface objects; creating an application object for each of said at least two video conference network devices, each application object corresponding to a respective interface object and having a common format, each application object including operational attributes obtained via an interrogation of the respective video conference device; managing the at least two video conference network devices via their respective application and interface objects by one or more management applications; and detecting each of the at least two video conference network devices with a discovery engine and initiating creation of an application object to represent each detected video conference network device; wherein the step of initiating creation of an application object is followed by creation of the application object and initiating creation of a corresponding interface object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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