Patent ID: 7543298

Claim:
A system for maintaining a real time mapping of an electronic system architecture within a Network Management System (NMS) database, the system comprising: An electronic component within an electronic architecture with a given identifier, the electronic hardware component having been modified reflecting a new identifier; a naming administrator that receives a notification of the new identifier; a listener device that periodically requests and automatically receives information relating to the new identifier from the naming administrator, wherein the listener device also receives notification information from an electronic hardware component and translates it into a CORBA format, wherein the receiving and translating by the listener device occur in real time; an NMS in communication with the listener device and which receives the information relating to the new identifier and stores such information within a database that is a mapping of the electronic architecture; and a plurality of Element Management Systems, each in communication with the listener device, and wherein each Element Management System (EMS) has its own unique identifier, and wherein each electronic hardware component in the electronic architecture is under control of a given EMS and has an identifier that identifies that controlling EMS.