Method and apparatus providing a cable modem management and provisioning system
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsWilson Sawyer, Gerry White
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for allowing HTTP communication between a first device and a second device, the second device executing an HTTP shell acting as a relay, to relay HTTP requests from the first device to a third device for response. The third device communicates with the second device over SNMP and stores web pages and other information for generating HTTP responses to the first device.
Claims19
A method of providing management information by a managed device comprising:
- a) the managed device receiving an HTTP request for management information from a network management station;
- b) the managed device relaying the HTTP request to a server;
- c) the managed device receiving an HTTP response from the server;
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- d) the managed device relaying the HTTP response to the network management station.
A method for providing information in a network comprising:
- a) a web server receiving an HTTP request from a device;
- b) the web server transmitting an SNMP request to the device;
- c) the web server receiving an SNMP reply from the device;
- d) the web server transmitting an HTTP response to the device.
A method for providing information from a first device to a second device in a network comprising the steps of:
- a) the first device transmitting an HTTP request to the second device;
- b) the second device relaying the HTTP request to a third device;
- c) the third device transmitting an SNMP request to the second device responsive to receiving the HTTP request;
- d) the second device responding to the SNMP request by providing an SNMP response to the third device;
- e) the third device transmitting an HTTP response to the second device;
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- f) the second device relaying the HTTP response to the first device.
A managed device comprising:
- a) executable code stored on a storage medium for receiving an HTTP request for management information from a network management station
- b) the executable code further for relaying the HTTP request to a server;
- c) the executable code further for receiving an HTTP response from the server;
- d) the executable code further for relaying the HTTP response to the network management station;
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- e) the executable code further providing an SNMP agent for the managed device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.