Network management
First Claim
1. A network management tool, stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
- a network management services module configured to be provisioned into a personal computer serviced by a common gateway shared by a plurality of end user devices in a home networking environment, wherein the network management services module includes a network information services module configured to detect devices in the home network environment, a device detection module configured to identify detected devices, and a monitoring module, which includes a plurality of monitoring agents configured to direct agent services that are running on the end user devices to perform a task, wherein one or more of the agent services suggest improvements to a current performance of the home network environment, wherein the monitoring module can request that a connection to a device in the plurality of end user devices be removed when the device goes offline or is no longer accessible on the network, and wherein the network management tool maintains device properties for each of the plurality of the end user devices.
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Abstract
A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties.
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20 Claims
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1. A network management tool, stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
a network management services module configured to be provisioned into a personal computer serviced by a common gateway shared by a plurality of end user devices in a home networking environment, wherein the network management services module includes a network information services module configured to detect devices in the home network environment, a device detection module configured to identify detected devices, and a monitoring module, which includes a plurality of monitoring agents configured to direct agent services that are running on the end user devices to perform a task, wherein one or more of the agent services suggest improvements to a current performance of the home network environment, wherein the monitoring module can request that a connection to a device in the plurality of end user devices be removed when the device goes offline or is no longer accessible on the network, and wherein the network management tool maintains device properties for each of the plurality of the end user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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provisioning a network management services module at a personal computer serviced by a common gateway shared by a plurality of end user devices in a home networking environment, wherein the network management services module includes a network information services module, a device detection module, and a monitoring module, which includes a plurality of monitoring agents; detecting devices in the home network environment using the network information services module; identifying each detected device using the device detection module; directing agent services running on the end user devices to perform a task, wherein one or more of the agent services suggest improvements to a current performance of the home network environment and wherein the network management tool maintains device properties for each of the plurality of the end user devices; and sending a request, from the monitoring module, for a connection to a device in the plurality of end user devices to be removed when the device goes offline or is no longer accessible on the network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification