Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES USING INHERITANCE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002054675
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method using inheritance for the configuration, management, and/or monitoring of computer applications and devices via a computer network are disclosed. The method generally comprises determining a hierarchical tree structure based upon locations of devices in a network topology, each device being a node in the hierarchical tree structure, determining policies for each node in the hierarchical tree structure to be enforced by an agent corresponding to each node, the agent being in communication with the device and the resources corresponding to the device, and communicating the policy to the corresponding agent, wherein the policies corresponding to the resources of each device are selectively inherited along the hierarchical tree structure of the network directory.
Inventors:
MELCHIONE DANIEL
KOUZNETSOV VICTOR
KOUZNETSOV VICTOR
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/000004
Publication Date:
March 06, 2003
Filing Date:
January 02, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NETWORKS ASSOC TECH INC (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/24; (IPC1-7): H04L12/24; G06F17/30
Foreign References:
| US5797128A | 1998-08-18 | |||
| US5335346A | 1994-08-02 | |||
| US5889953A | 1999-03-30 |
Other References:
HINRICHS S: "Policy-based management: bridging the gap", COMPUTER SECURITY APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE, 1999. (ACSAC '99). PROCEEDINGS. 15TH ANNUAL PHOENIX, AZ, USA 6-10 DEC. 1999, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 6 December 1999 (1999-12-06), pages 209 - 218, XP010368586, ISBN: 0-7695-0346-2
BAIRD R ET AL: "Distributed Information Storage Architecture", MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS, 1993. PUTTING ALL THAT DATA TO WORK. PROCEEDINGS., TWELFTH IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON MONTEREY, CA, USA 26-29 APRIL 1993, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 26 April 1993 (1993-04-26), pages 145 - 155, XP010095431, ISBN: 0-8186-3460-X
BAIRD R ET AL: "Distributed Information Storage Architecture", MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS, 1993. PUTTING ALL THAT DATA TO WORK. PROCEEDINGS., TWELFTH IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON MONTEREY, CA, USA 26-29 APRIL 1993, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 26 April 1993 (1993-04-26), pages 145 - 155, XP010095431, ISBN: 0-8186-3460-X
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