Patent ID: 7225244
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: G06F,H04J,H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a telecommunications network device, comprising: executing a command proxy on each of one or more network cards that comprise a processor located within the telecommunications network device; registering at least one command executable by an application with one of a plurality of distributed command proxies associated with a common command interface and a central command daemon, said command proxy being local to the application; executing a web server and a telnet server on the network card that comprises the central command daemon; registering the command through the command proxy local to the application with the central command daemon associated with said common command interface; providing a user interface comprising a command line interface and a web interface; receiving the command at the common command interface from either of said command line interface and said web interface; forwarding the command to the application; and completing execution of the command; wherein said common command interface receives commands in a plurality of formats; and wherein the common command interface allows the network device application to maintain one set of code for each command regardless of which command interface initiated the command.