Patent ID: 6804816
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of developing a platform-dependent, Web-based, device-centric network management server, the method comprising the steps of:creating and storing, on a platform for controlling a network comprising a hierarchy of network devices, a collection of network device-centric methods in binary modules registered with a standard binary interface; creating and storing a template for a Web resource comprising statements in a platform-dependent scripting language, the statements providing, standard management methods, at least one based on the standard binary interface to generate instances of the collection of network device-centric methods, page level variables for holding in memory values used as parameters for the standard binary interface, and a place to insert application specific statements into the Web resource for presenting network information to a Web-based client process and for receiving input from the Web-based client process; presenting the template to a developer for generating and inserting the application specific statements into the Web resource; and storing a resulting Web resource on the platform connected to the network, for access by a Web server on the platform in response to a request from the Web-based client process on the network.