Methods for displaying physical network topology and environmental status by location, organization, or responsible party

US8966044B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8966044-B2
Application numberUS-201213607573-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 7, 2012
Priority dateJan 26, 2001
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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The invention is directed to a system for remote monitoring of a space and equipment. The space and equipment may, for example, be a server room and associated network equipment. The system has network appliances, a server, and a client machine. The server receives data from a network appliance. The server may then deliver an application and data to the client machine for viewing and manipulating the data. The client machine may display the data as a mapping, displaying icons associated with the network appliances. The client machine may also graph the data. Further, the client machine may manipulate the organization of the data, the configuration settings of the network appliances, and store map and graph configurations.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system comprising: a server communicatively coupled to an interconnected network, the server comprising: a memory configured to store sensor data gathered from plurality of network appliances; and a processor configured to receive, manipulate, and output sensor data; and a plurality of network-enabled devices, each of the plurality of network-enabled devices communicatively coupled to at least one other of the plurality of network-enabled devices an…

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What does patent US8966044B2 cover?
The invention is directed to a system for remote monitoring of a space and equipment. The space and equipment may, for example, be a server room and associated network equipment. The system has network appliances, a server, and a client machine. The server receives data from a network appliance. The server may then deliver an application and data to the client machine for viewing and manipulati…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Childers Sloan K, Elderton John, Primm Michael, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L41/0853. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).