Patent ID: 8037197

Claim:
In a computer network system comprising a computer system executing an Common Information Model (CIM) application software, which network system includes at least a single Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) server, running the CIM server software, wherein said CIMOM server connects to one of a plurality of CIM provider servers, a method comprising: receiving, at a CIMOM selection facility, CIM provider request frequency (rp) data, average service response time (Atr) data, and response time (tr) data; selecting, via the CIMOM selection facility, the CIMOM server to transmit a request based on a normalization of the received rp data, Atr data, and tr data; transmitting, by a CIM application via a first network, a first CIM request message to the selected CIMOM; updating a request frequency table at the time of transmission of the request message, wherein said table provides data which indicates the rate at which a request is transferred for an intended provider; detecting a receipt of the transmitted first CIM request message at the selected CIMOM; triggering a set of processing steps when the request is received by the selected CIMOM; generating, by the selected CIMOM, a second CIM request message in response to receiving the first CIM request message; transmitting, via a second network, the second CIM request message to a CIM management device; generating, via the CIM management device, a first CIM response message in response to receiving the second CIM request message; transmitting, via the second network, the first CIM response message to the selected CIMOM; generating, via the selected CIMOM, a second CIM response message in response to receiving the first CIM response message; and transmitting, via the first network, the second CIM response message to the CIM application.