Method and apparatus for using a directory service to facilitate centralized device naming
AssigneeOracle America, Inc.
InventorsYonghong Lai, Shudong Zhou, David A. Butterfield
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a directory service to facilitate centralized device naming. The system operates by receiving a registration of a device at a computer system. Next, the system determines if the device has been registered with the directory service. If so, the system retrieves a name of the device from the directory service. If not, the system generates a device name for the device, and registers the device name with the directory service.
Claims20
A method for using a directory service on a server to facilitate centralized device naming, the method comprising:
- receiving a registration of a device at a computer system;
- determining if the device has been registered with the directory service on the server;
- if so, retrieving a name of the device from the directory service;
- and
- if not,
- receiving at the computer system from the directory service a set of naming rules for a device type corresponding to the device, wherein the set of naming rules comprises at least one naming rule associated with a subdirectory in which the device is hosted;
- generating at the computer system a device name for the device by using the received set of naming rules, and
- registering the device name with the directory service.
A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for using a directory service on a server to facilitate centralized device naming, the method comprising:
- receiving a registration of a device at a computer system;
- determining if the device has been registered with the directory service on the server;
- if so, retrieving a name of the device from the directory service;
- and
- if not,
- receiving at the computer system from the directory service a set of naming rules for a device type corresponding to the device, wherein the set of naming rules comprises at least one naming rule associated with a subdirectory in which the device is hosted;
- generating at the computer system a device name for the device by using the received set of naming rules, and
- registering the device name with the directory service.
An apparatus configured to use a directory service on a server to facilitate centralized device naming, comprising:
- a receiving mechanism configured to receive a registration of a device at a computer system;
- a determination mechanism configured to determine if the device has been registered with the directory service on the server;
- a retrieval mechanism configured to retrieving a name of the device from the directory service if the device has been registered with the directory service;
- and
- a registration mechanism, wherein if the device has not been registered with the directory service, the registration mechanism is configured to:
- receive from the directory service a set of naming rules for a device type corresponding to the device, wherein the set of naming rules comprises at least one naming rule associated with a subdirectory in which the device is hosted;
- generate a device name for the device by using the received set of naming rules;
- and
- register the device name with the directory service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.