Patent ID: 6738781
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method in a processor-based system configured for executing a plurality of management programs according to respective command formats, the method comprising:receiving from a user an input word representing at least a portion of a generic command; determining whether the input word is a new command word relative to a character-based command parse tree configured for identifying known command words; selectively adding the input word to the character-based command parse tree based on determining that the input word is a new command word; validating the generic command following the selectively adding step; and issuing a prescribed command of a selected one of the management programs according to the corresponding command format, based on validating the generic command; wherein the determining step includes: comparing a first character of the input word with a group of first character elements at a root level of the character-based command parse tree, the first character elements including respective initial characters of the known command words; successively traversing to a linked character element in an adjacent level of the character-based command parse tree based on a corresponding match between a corresponding character of the input word and a corresponding matched character element of the character-based a command parse tree; and identifying the input word as a new command word based on a determined absence of a match for one character of the input word relative to the linked character elements.