Patent ID: 6292099
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of efficiently interfacing an Event Management System (EMS) which communicates in a standard format with an external device which communicates in a device-specific format, said method comprising the steps of:functionally separating core EMS components, which log and correlate events, from a plurality of EMS boundary components, which interact with the external device;storing, in an information repository associated with the EMS, external device information, said information including a class and location for a protocol handler and a content handler for the external device;initiating a connection from the external device to one of the boundary components;obtaining by the boundary component, the external device information from the information repository;remotely loading by the boundary component, the protocol handler class and the content handler class obtained for the external device, from the identified location;instantiating the protocol handler class and the content handler class;connecting the instantiated protocol handler class and the instantiated content handler class to the external device to convert information in the device's device-specific format to information in the standard format utilized by the EMS.