Method and device for management of tree data exchange
First Claim
1. Method for generating a request for obtaining at least a part of management related information of an electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, at least one of said nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information,wherein said request is generated by coding an address information identifying a selected node of said plurality of nodes andcoding a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information in said selected node,and wherein said request additionally contains information relating to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, and a command for instructing an exploration of said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, an identification of nodes within said hierarchical structure relative to said selected node and retrieval and return said management related information distributed in said identified nodes.
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Abstract
A management tree or nodes arranged hierarchically tree-like, respectively, is used to manage, contain and map information of a manageable device according to the SyncML DM protocol standard. A management server can request from such a device, by means of a GET command, information contained in a certain node of the management tree server. The manageable device responds by transmitting the requested information of the management tree. The inventive concept provides methods which allow a request of information not only from one single node but from a plurality of nodes at the same time. This leads to an efficient, time and cost saving management process.
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1. Method for generating a request for obtaining at least a part of management related information of an electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, at least one of said nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information,
wherein said request is generated by coding an address information identifying a selected node of said plurality of nodes and coding a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information in said selected node, and wherein said request additionally contains information relating to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, and a command for instructing an exploration of said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, an identification of nodes within said hierarchical structure relative to said selected node and retrieval and return said management related information distributed in said identified nodes.
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8. Method for generating a response containing management related information in response to receipt of a request for at least a part of said management related information from a requesting electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structures, where at least one of said plurality of nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information, wherein said request comprises an address information identifying a selected node of said plurality of nodes, a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information in said selected node, additional information relating to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said node, and a command for instructing an exploration of said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, and wherein said response is for transmission to said requesting electronic device, said method comprising:
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retrieving a part of management related information associated with one selected node identified by an address information provided by said request, generating said response containing said retrieved part of management related information, identifying nodes relative to said selected node on the basis of information related to said hierarchical structure of a plurality of nodes connected to said selected node provided by said request, additionally retrieving parts of management related information associated with said identified nodes, and adding said additionally retrieved parts of management related information to said response. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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21. A device, comprising computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program codes therein for generating a request for at least a part of management related information of a request receiving electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, at least one of said plurality of nodes is associated with a certain part of management related information, wherein said computer program codes comprising:
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instructions for coding an address information identifying a selected node of said plurality of nodes, instructions for coding a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information associated with said selected node, wherein said component for generating said request additionally comprises instructions for coding an information relating to said hierarchical structure of a plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, and instructions for coding a command instructing an exploration of said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, identifying nodes within said hierarchical structure relative to said selected node and for retrieval and return said management related information distributed in said identified nodes. - View Dependent Claims (22, 25)
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23. A device, comprising computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program codes therein for generating a response containing management related information in response to receipt of a request for at least a part of said management related information from a requesting electronic device, wherein said management related information is contained in said device and is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, where at least one of said plurality of nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information, wherein said computer program codes comprising:
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instructions for retrieving a part of management related information associated with one selected node identified by an address information provided by said request, instructions for generating said response containing said retrieved part of management related information, instructions for identifying nodes relative to said selected node on the basis of information related to said hierarchical structure of a plurality of nodes connected to said selected node provided by said request, wherein said request instructs an exploration of said hierarchical structures starting from said selected node and including a defined number of hierarchical levels, instructions for retrieving and returning additionally parts of management related information associated with said identified nodes, and instructions for adding said additionally retrieved parts of management related information to said response, wherein said response is for transmission to said requesting electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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26. Method for obtaining at least a part of management related information of an electronic device, wherein said management related information is distributed among a plurality of nodes arranged as a hierarchical structure, where at least one of said nodes is associated with a certain part of said management related information, wherein said method comprises:
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generating a request for obtaining said part of management related information by coding an address information of a selected node of said plurality of nodes coding a command for instructing retrieval and return of said part of management related information, wherein said request additionally contains information relating to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, generating a response containing management related information associated with said selected node identified by the address information provided by said request, identifying nodes relative to said selected node on the basis of information related to said hierarchical structure of said plurality of nodes connected to said selected node, wherein said nodes are identified by exploring said hierarchical structure starting from said selected node and includes a defined number of hierarchical levels, retrieving parts of management related information associated with said identified nodes, and adding said additionally retrieved parts of management related information to said response.
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