Real-time notification of device events

A method for providing real-time event notification, comprising:

• opening a browser window on a user computer;
• loading a page in the browser window, the page including a predetermined HTML event element;
• registering a system management application (SMA) with a common information model (CIM) agent associated with a computer-related device whereby the CIM agent stores the identity of the SMA, the CIM agent including an HTTP server;
• and
• upon the occurrence in the device of a predetermined event:
• updating a buffer, associated with the device, with a record of the event;
• obtaining in the CIM agent the identity of the SMA;
• transmitting an event notification from the CIM agent to the SMA;
• transmitting a message from the SMA to the CIM agent requesting the record of the event from the updated buffer;
• receiving in the SMA the record of the event from the updated buffer;
• transmitting an request at regular intervals from the user computer to the SMA for any record of the event from the updated the buffer;
• transmitting the record of the event from the SMA to the user computer;
• and
• inserting the record of the event into the predetermined HTML element, whereby the record of the event is displayed in the browser window.

A system for providing real-time notification of events associated with a computer-related device, comprising:

• a buffer operable to store a record of a predetermined event occurring in a computer-related device;
• and
• a common information model (CIM) agent associated with the device operable, upon the occurrence of the event, to:
• receive a registration of an identity of a system management application (SMA);
• transmit an event notification to the SMA;
• receive a command from the SMA requesting the record of the event;
• and
• direct that the buffer transmit the record of the event to the SMA for subsequent transmission to a user computer and insertion into a predetermined HTML element in a web browser window of the computer for display in the browser window.

A computer program product of a computer readable non-transitory storage medium usable with a programmable computer, the computer program product having computer-readable code embodied therein for providing real-time notification of an event which has occurred in a computer-related device, the computer-readable code comprising instructions for:

• registering a system management application (SMA) with a common information model (CIM) agent associated with the device whereby the CIM agent stores the identity of the SMA, the CIM agent including an HTTP server;
• storing in a buffer a record of a predetermined event occurring in a computer-related device;
• obtaining in the CIM agent the identity of the SMA:
• transmitting an event notification from the CIM agent to the SMA;
• transmitting a message from the SMA to the CIM agent requesting the record of the event from the updated buffer;
• receiving in the SMA the record of the event from the updated buffer;
• receiving one of a series of regular requests from an open browser window on a user computer for any record of the event stored in the buffer;
• in response to the request, transmitting the record of the event to an HTML event element in a page of the browser window whereby the record of the event is inserted into the HTML element and displayed in the browser window.