Patent ID: 8495182
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for adding a new endpoint device to a systems management infrastructure, the method comprising: receiving, at a gateway device, an endpoint device login request that includes endpoint data, wherein the endpoint data includes object identification (OID) associated with the endpoint device, Internet Protocol (IP) address, and region number of the endpoint device within the systems management infrastructure; communicating, via a computing device processor, an endpoint data message from the gateway device to a business process automation application, wherein the business process automation web service is an abstraction layer application overlaying the systems management infrastructure; determining, via a computing device processor, if the endpoint device exists in a federated view of a business process automation web service, wherein the federated view provides for all endpoint devices managed by the system management infrastructure and one or more other system management infrastructures to be managed from a single workstation; adding, via a computing device processor, the endpoint data to the federated view if the endpoint device is determined to not exist in the federated view of the business process automation web service; determining, via a computing device processor, if the endpoint device is correctly assigned to the gateway device; and reassigning, via a computing device processor, the endpoint device to a correct gateway device if it is determined that the endpoint device is not correctly assigned to the gateway device, wherein reassigning the endpoint device includes communicating, via the business process automation application, an asynchronous reassignment command to the correct gateway device, wherein the business process automation application manages task distribution and status data gathering for all endpoint devices in the plurality of systems management infrastructures.