US 6,978,301 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORK DEVICEGeneral
US 6,978,301 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORK DEVICE
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Bharat Barot
Art Unit:
2155 Data Bases & File Management
Agent:
Inventors:
Glen D. Tindal
Assignee:
Priority:
12/06/00
Filed:
03/06/01
Granted:
12/20/05
Expiration:
10/23/22
Abstract
A system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a global graphical user interface (GUI) for communicating with various network devices. The global GUI includes an intuitive interface driven by a template library. For each device type and each device manufacturer, this template library can store both the attribute fields required for device configuration and the format for communicating those attribute fields. When a network administrator wants to communicate with a particular network device, the template associated with that device can be retrieved from the template library. The network administrator can then populate the attribute fields of that template with the appropriate data. This attribute data can be formatted and provided to the network device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L41/0273H04L