Patent ID: 6944631
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for discovering a managed device which is part of a network, and displaying a representation of an application run on said managed device utilizing a standard manager-agent network management system, comprising: receiving, at said managed device from a standard manager residing on a Network Management Station with a standard agent associated with a standard database residing on said managed device, a request for reporting configuration information of said managed device to said standard manager; forwarding said request from said standard agent to an add-on agent associated with an add-on database which resides on said managed device; retrieving at least one parameter which is stored on said add-on a database associated with said add-on agent and which parameter is associated with said application run on said managed device; passing from said add-on agent said parameter to said standard agent; and sending from said managed device with said standard agent a protocol comprising said parameter to said standard manager residing on said Network Management station.