Patent ID: 8332509
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At a computing device, the computing device including a processor and system memory, a method for monitoring a device, the method comprising: receiving a parameterized device model for a device type, said parameterized device model describing mechanisms for collecting and validating data for said device type, said parameterized device model comprising: creating a user interface from said parameterized device model to capture parameter values for said one or more parameters, said user interface comprising appropriate user input controls for receiving parameter values for said one or more parameters in accordance with said restrictions defined in said parameter metadata; receiving user input for said one or more parameters at said user interface, said user input including parameter values for said one or more parameters, said parameter values relevant to monitoring said specified device and in compliance with said defined parameter value restrictions; creating executable scripts for monitoring said specified device, including creating an executable discovery script from said discovery script template and creating a executable data validation script from said data validation script template, and including; executing said executable discovery script to gather device data from said specified device; and executing said executable data validation script to verify said device data.