US 6,487,581 B1Granted

Apparatus and method for a multi-client event server

AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company

InventorsKurt E. Spence, Peter Houck

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for implementing a data server with interface socket connections for managing data for clients interfacing with a network, having program code for creating a data store, where the data store comprises data items generated from network systems in the network; program code for establishing a connection instance between each of the interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to the data store, where each connection instance corresponds to a different one of the clients; and program code for creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, where each connection instance object has attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to the data store.

Claims25

Dependent claims

An apparatus for managing event data for a plurality of clients interfacing with a network, comprising:

a. a number of computer readable media;
and
b. computer readable program code stored on said number of computer readable media, said computer readable program code for implementing an event server comprising a number of interface socket connections, said code for implementing said event server comprising:
i. program code for creating an event store, wherein said event store comprises a number of events generated from a number of network systems in said network;
ii. program code for establishing a connection instance between each of said number of interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to said event store, wherein each connection instance corresponds to a different one of said number of clients;
iii. program code for creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, wherein each, connection instance object comprises attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to said event store;
and
iv. program code for manipulating said event data in said event store, comprising:
1. program code for detecting requests to perform a number of tasks from said connection instance objects, wherein a given one of said tasks corresponds to a given one of said connection instance objects;
2. program code for creating a command list, wherein said command list comprises said number of tasks;
3. program code for adding a given one of said number of tasks to said command list;
and
4. program code for processing a given said task, comprising:
A. program code for removing a given one of said number of tasks from said command list;
and
B. program code for creating a request thread, wherein a given one of said connection instance objects executes within said request thread, and said given one of said connection instance objects corresponds to said given one of said number of tasks.

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An apparatus for managing event data for a plurality of clients interfacing with a network, comprising:

a. a number of computer readable media;
and
b. computer readable program code stored on said number of computer readable media, said computer readable program code for implementing an event server comprising a number of interface socket connections, said code for implementing said event server comprising:
i. program code for creating an event store, wherein said event store comprises a number of events generated from a number of network systems in said network;
ii. program code for establishing a connection instance between each of said number of interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to said event store, wherein each connection instance corresponds to a different one of said number of clients;
iii. program code for creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, wherein each connection instance object comprises attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to said event store;
iv. program code for maintaining said event store, comprising:
1. program code for initializing said event store with event data, comprising:
A. program code for populating said event store from a server state store, wherein said server state store comprises last-saved event data of said event server;
and
B. program code for populating said event store from an event data store, wherein said event data store comprises all event data related to said number of network systems in said network;
2. program code for receiving a number of new events from a postmaster daemon, wherein said postmaster daemon collects said number of new events from said network, and forwards said events to said event store of said event server;
and
3. program code for changing said event data of said event store, wherein requests for said changing originate from clients corresponding to said number of connection instances.

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An apparatus for managing event data for a plurality of clients interfacing with a network, comprising:

a. a number of computer readable media;
and
b. computer readable program code stored on said number of computer readable media, said computer readable program code for implementing an event server comprising a number of interface socket connections, said code for implementing said event server comprising:
i. program code for creating and accessing an event store, wherein said event store comprises a number of events generated from a number of network systems in said network;
ii. program code for establishing a connection instance between each of said number of interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to said event store, wherein each connection instance corresponds to a different one of said number of clients;
iii. program code for creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, wherein each connection instance object comprises attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to said event store;
iv. program code for detecting requests to perform a number of tasks from said connection instance objects, wherein a given one of said tasks corresponds to a given one of said connection instance objects;
v. program code for creating a command list, wherein said command list comprises said number of tasks;
vi. program code for adding a given one of said number of tasks to said command list;
and
vii. program code for processing a given said task, comprising:
(1) program code for removing a given one of said number of tasks from said command list;
and
(2) program code for creating a request thread, wherein a given one of said connection instance objects executes within said request thread, and said given one of said connection instance objects corresponds to said given one of said number of tasks.

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A method for managing data for a plurality of clients interfacing with a network by implementing a data server comprising a number of interface socket connections, comprising:

a. creating a data store, wherein said data store comprises a number of data items generated from a number of network systems in said network;
b. establishing a connection instance between each of said number of interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to said data store, wherein each connection instance corresponds to a different one of said number of clients;
c. creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, wherein each connection instance object comprises attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to said data store;
d. detecting requests to perform a number of tasks from said connection instance objects, wherein a given one of said tasks corresponds to a given one of said connection instance objects;
e. creating a command list, wherein said command list comprises said number of tasks;
f. adding a given one of said number of tasks to said command list;
and
g. processing a given said task, comprising:
i. removing a given one of said number of tasks from said command list;
and
ii. creating a request thread, wherein a given one of said connection instance objects executes within said request thread, and said given one of said connection instance objects corresponds to said given one of said number of tasks.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.