Patent ID: 7490144
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A distributed network management system, comprising: a selected network hub server for communicating with a plurality of remote network servers or with at least one network device; each of said plurality of remote network servers for communicating with said at least one network device and said selected network hub server wherein each of said remote network servers derives state information from said network device by: polling said at least one network device at a polling interval, wherein polling said at least one network device comprises: sending a query related to operational status to said at least one network device; receiving a response regarding said operational status from said at least one network device, wherein receiving a response regarding said operational status from said at least one network device comprises: computing a weighted average over at least one said polling interval using results of said polling and said responses received from said at least one network device, wherein the weighted average is a representation of the state of said network device and wherein computing the weighted average comprises: