Patent ID: 7502752
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing a components of financial services delivery system devices, comprising: providing a plurality of management protocol agent versions, each capable of translating management requests from a different external system management protocol format, but running only one version of the management protocol agent adapted for translating management requests from a particular external system management protocol format; receiving a management request via an external interface by the management protocol agent in the particular remote system management protocol format from an external system management component relative to a managed component of any one of a plurality of different types of financial services delivery devices; translating the management request by the management protocol agent from the particular remote system management component protocol format into a specific command relative to the managed component in a format supported by a command dispatch agent and sending the management request to the command dispatch agent; obtaining the managed component by the command dispatch agent from a component registry with which the managed component was previously registered; executing the command by the command dispatch agent via an interface published by the managed component by dispatching the command to the managed component, receiving a response from the managed component, and providing the response to the management protocol agent; translating the response by the management protocol agent from the format supported by the command dispatch agent into the particular remote management system protocol format for the external system management component; and providing the response to the management request to the external system management component by the management protocol agent via the external interface in the particular remote management system protocol format.