Patent ID: 6047289
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system, comprising:a) a network management service comprising a plurality of objects, each object having at least one associated attribute with associated values;b) a master object in said network management service comprising a reference within the network management service to identify the master object, said master object further comprising a source attribute having data associated therewith;c) one or more slave objects in said network management service corresponding to said master object, each of said one or more slave objects comprising a distinct reference within the network management service to identify the slave object, said distinct reference being different from the reference of the master object, each of said one or more slave objects having a destination attribute corresponding to the source attribute of the master object; andd) a propagation agent capable of accessing the one or more slave objects and transmitting the data associated with the source attribute to the destination attribute of the one or more slave objects.