Patent ID: 6330560
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for updating information stored in a server directory in a client-server computer system comprising at least one server device and a plurality of client devices connected by a computer network, including at least one network management device having a plurality of users, the method comprising the steps of:retrieving a current list of the at least one server device at the at least one network management device;connecting a first user to a status port of an Internet Protocol (IP) locking application at the at least one server device;requesting from the locking application, an identification of a second user that has control of a lock port of the locking application at the at least one server device;connecting the first user to the lock port of the locking application;updating information stored in the server directory at the at least one server device; anddisconnecting the first user from the lock port of the locking application after the update is complete.