Patent ID: 6980996

Claim:
A system configured for executing a plurality of management programs according to respective command formats, the system comprising: a parser configured for accessing a character-based command parse tree, for identifying whether an input word of a generic command received from a user is a new command word, and a command parse tree for validating the generic command; a tree management process configured for selectively adding the input word to the character-based command parse tree and the command parse tree based on a determination that the input word is a new command word; and a plurality of translators configured for issuing commands for the management programs according to respective command formats, the parser outputting a prescribed command to a selected one of the translators based on the validating of the generic command; wherein the character-based command parse tree is configured for identifying known command words, the character-based command parse tree having a root level including a group of first character elements including respective initial characters of the known command words, and at least one adjacent level having at least one linked character element referenced by one of the first character elements, the at least one linked character element configured for identifying a corresponding successive character of one of the known command words.