Patent ID: 7437439
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for harvesting data from at least one device, said method comprising: storing on said at least one device an application program, said storing occurring prior to the start of a harvesting session, wherein said application program is a chailet including code interpreting between JAVA Virtual Machine and SNMP; enabling said stored application program to harvest certain data front said at least one device; prior to said storing step, determining if said certain data is obtainable from SNMP; inhibiting said storing and enabling steps if it is determined that said certain data is obtainable from SNMP, and obtaining said certain data using SNMP; communicating said harvested data to an application common to said least one device; and removing said stored application program from said at least one device at the conclusion of said communicating step.