Liaison technology to connect plural end user devices to an interface for a computing resource having one port assigned to the interface
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorGasper Hernandez III
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Abstract
A port-multiplexed system (and associated method and software) are disclosed. Such a system includes: a computing resource having a port; a monitoring interface to the computing resource available via the port; plural end user devices to be connected to the monitoring interface; and a liaison interface to multiplex the plurality of end user devices to the monitoring interface via the port. The computing resource can be a mobile switching center and the monitoring interface can be configured to obtain status display pages (SDPs).
Claims22
A port-sharing system comprising:
- a computing resource having a port;
- a monitoring interface to said computing resource available via said port;
- a plurality of end user devices to be connected to said monitoring interface;
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- a liaison interface to handle communications from said plurality of end user devices that are intended for said monitoring interface and to handle communications from said monitoring interface that correspond to said communications from said end user devices, respectively.
A liaison apparatus between a plurality of end user devices and a monitoring interface for a computing resource having a port assigned to the monitoring interface, the apparatus comprising:
- a front input/output (I/O) unit to communicate with said plurality of end user devices;
- a back I/O unit to connect to said port of said computing resource;
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- a liaison unit to handle communications from said plurality of end user devices via said front I/O unit that are intended for said monitoring interface and to handle communications from said monitoring interface via said back I/O unit that correspond to said communications from said end user devices, respectively.
A liaison method between a plurality of end user devices and a monitoring interface for a computing resource having a port assigned to the monitoring interface, the method comprising:
- connecting to said port of said computing resource;
- connecting to said plurality of end user devices;
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- handling communications from said plurality of end user devices that are intended for said monitoring interface and handling communications from said monitoring interface that correspond to said communications from said end user devices, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.