Patent ID: 7200651

Claim:
A method for use in a computer network having a process manager and a network management station for reporting to the network management station the addition of new applications or processes to the computer network, the method comprising the steps of: providing a configuration service layer in communicating relationship with a new application or process and the process manager; in response to opening the new application or process, issuing a registration service request from the new application or process to the process manager through the configuration service layer; persistently and continuously listening, at the network mamagement station, for messages from the process manager; in response to receiving the registration service request at the process manager, generating and forwarding a notification message that identifies the new application or process to the network management station; automatically displaying the notification message at the network management station without having to close and re-start the management station, and automatically and dynamically modifying the parameters associated with existing or with the new application or process.