Patent ID: 8478849
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A first network tool embedded on a non-transitory readable storage medium of a first computer, comprising: a network management services module that obtains information regarding one or more devices in a network, wherein a map identifying the devices can be used to manage each of the devices through a user interface; and a network management application module that provides access through a Web site to the user interface displaying the map, wherein the network management services module is further configured to: detect a second network tool operating on second computer; execute a change to modify a selected property of a selected device, wherein the change is communicated to the second network tool, wherein the first and second network tools share a peer-to-peer relationship such that each can update each other in order to synchronize programs residing on the first and second network tools; and a shared folder module configured to receive an update for a first instantiation of a licensed software product operating on the first computer, and wherein the first network tool uses the shared folder module to populate the update to the second network tool running a second instantiation of the licensed software product on the second computer.