Patent ID: 6678729
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of monitoring availability status of at least one network device in an Internet Protocol (IP) network on a monitor web page, the method comprising the steps of:(a) reading a query file and depositing query requests into a corresponding one of a plurality of request queues; (b) reading the query requests from the corresponding request queue and sending the query requests to the at least one network device by sending calls over the IP network; (c) receiving a reply to the calls from the at least one network device indicating an availability status of the at least one network device and processing the availability status; (d) depositing the processed availability status in a Web Site Queue; and (e) retrieving the processed availability status from the Web Site Queue and displaying status information from the at least one network device on the monitor web page, said status information derived from the processed availability status.