Patent ID: 7881226

Claim:
A managing architecture having computing processors and memory devices for remote configuration of heterogeneous local networks, comprising: one or more sub-network agents each being implemented with a computing processor, memory and program codes executed in said computing processor, each of said one or more sub-network agents using its own managing protocol to manage its connected sub-networks, and collecting information of said connected sub-networks to said memory; a local area network (LAN) management module implemented with a computing processor, memory and program codes configured to perform LAN management, coupled respectively to said one or more sub-network agents and a channel, receiving one or more requests from one or more said heterogeneous local networks through said one or more sub-network agents, and translating information accompanying said one or more requests into a common information model for finding a solution to a problem of said one or more requests; and a remote LAN module, through said channel for receiving requests for unsolved problems from said LAN management module, remotely accessing and configuring one or more said heterogeneous local networks and using an interface compatible to said one or more heterogeneous local networks to realize management and diagnosis for said one or more heterogeneous local networks; wherein said LAN management module further includes a network protocol conversion module that provides service registration and announcement functions.