Patent ID: 7181508
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method using a computer system for automatically presenting values of variables obtained by a data engine from a selected type of device to a user interface in a human-understandable language, the system including a data dictionary containing information for translating the values of the variables in the native language of the device into the human-understandable language, and a data agent which is connected to the device, the method comprising the steps of: requesting by the data engine from the data dictionary, names of all variables associated with the selected type of device; obtaining by the data agent from the selected type of device, values of the variables; obtaining, by the data engine, from the data agent, the values obtained by the data agent; obtaining from the data dictionary the translating information; translating, by the data engine, the obtained values of the variables into the human-understandable language using the translating information obtained from the data dictionary; and presenting, by the data engine, to the user interface, the translated values in the human-understandable language.