Patent ID: 8019855
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in which an application operates in a device for managing a network of remote devices, the method comprising: initializing a library in the device in response to a request from the application, wherein the library is for modifying and monitoring or controlling remote devices connected to the network, wherein the modifying comprises at least removing the remote devices or adding new remote devices; obtaining, from the library in response to a request from the application, a list of the remote devices connected to the network and information related to the remote devices; registering, at the library in response to a request from the application, an event that is generated by at least one of the remote devices, wherein the registered event corresponds to one of a plurality of event codes; registering, at the library in response to a request from the application, a first call-back function to handle only one of the plurality of event codes that relates to one of the remote devices and a second call-back function to handle every one of the plurality of event codes that relates to every one of the remote devices; and calling the registered first or second call-back functions whose routines are included in the application when the registered event is generated.