Patent ID: 8027362
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A network management system for allowing a user to interface with network management data provided by a network agent via a network, the network management system comprising: a display configured to present the network management data to the user; a hardware portion of a wireless switch to execute the following: application level logic configured to obtain and format the network management data to thereby create a user interface page for the display to present to the user; a library comprising software processing structures for sharing data with the network agent; and an abstraction layer distinct from the library and configured in communication with the application level logic, wherein the abstraction layer provides an interface between the application level logic and the library, and wherein the abstraction layer comprises a pusher feature configured to facilitate the writing of data from the application level logic to the network agent and a puller feature configured to facilitate the reading of data from the network agent to the application level logic, wherein the abstraction layer uses the library software processing structures to communicate with the network agent via the network while isolating the application level logic from the library by translating instructions for network management data from the application level logic to library software processing structure instructions and translating the network management data received from a library software processing structure to an interface format compatible with the application level logic.