Patent ID: 6850528
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for maintaining network information, the system comprising: a network comprising a plurality of sub-networks in communication with one another over a communications backbone, each sub-network having a router linked to the communications backbone for use in performing communications with other sub-networks, each of the routers publishing router attribute information about itself over the communications backbone, the router attribute information comprising a router identity object, the router identity object comprising: a directory service linked to the communications backbone having associated therewith a database, the database storing the published router attribute information for each of the routers; and a query engine associated with the directory service for gathering information from the database as a function of specified router attribute information, the query engine configured to, at least: wherein the directory service is configured to, at least, issue to one of the returned network routers a message including data representative of a desired configuration update to be performed by the network router.