Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of device management. In one embodiment of the present invention, a management device can receive device management data from devices on a network in a variety of device management protocols and map the device management data to a protocol used by a device management client. Because the management device can provide device management data in a format usable by the device management client, regardless of which protocol was originally used to generate the device management data, the device management client can turn to the management device to gather all or a portion the device management data from heterogeneous devices on a network.

System and method for device management

Sending data using a remote based cache. A method includes receiving at a remote based cache, data from a first system. The data from the first system is intended for a second system. The method further includes caching the data from the first system that is intended for the second system at the cache. The method further includes providing the data from the cache to a third system prior to the data being provided to the second system.

Bridging on premise and cloud systems via canonical cache

A packet preprocessing device is used in conjunction with a non-programmable packet forwarding processor (NLFP) to apply a different system function to received data packets than the function normally applied by the NLFP on the packets. Received data packets are pre-processed (e.g., modifying, manipulating, altering, spoofing, etc.) in order to enable, or cause, NLFPs that process the data packets to provide, in effect, a system-level behavior on the packets that is different from the system-level behavior for which the NLFP is/was conventionally designed. The data packet is “pre-processed” to change or manipulate the data packet, and then the NLFP processes the pre-processed data packet in accordance with its conventional function(s) which alters the overall function applied to the data packet.

Method and apparatus to increase forwarding silicon functionality through packet manipulation

Various embodiments relate to a Policy Charging and Rules Node (PCRN) and a related method and machine-readable medium for retrieving multiple results in response to a message. The PCRN may receive a message and, through handling the received message, may make a policy decision. The policy decision may require the PCRN to retrieve multiple related results. The PCRN may thereafter refer to a data arrangement that includes a rule set with at least one rule with multiple values. Based on the policy decision, the PCRN may retrieve the at least one rule. The PCRN may compile the rule from the rule set and may generate an answer message including at least one of these values included in the rule.

Return of multiple results in rule generation

A system arranged to receive an authorization request from an application server using a first communication protocol; identify a charging server associated with the authorization request from a plurality of charging servers, each charging server associated with a respective charging server communication protocol; and communicate with the identified charging server using the respective charging server communication protocol.

Communication methods and systems

A method and communications system for managing and supplying data in a communications environment, which may have a data-management device, several application servers that may communicate with the central data-management device via different communications protocols, and storage devices based on FC (Fiber Channel) and IP (Internet Protocol) technology. To provide the entire range of storage devices of different technologies to application servers that use different communications protocols, an application server may request data, which may be distributed among several storage devices of different technologies, using a specific communications protocol for an application to be carried out. The requested data are fetched out of at least one storage device, independently of the utilized communications protocol of the application server, and may be transmitted via the data-management device to the application server requesting the data, for further use, using its communications protocol.

Method and communications system for managing, supplying and retrieving data

A method for managing and preparing data in a communications environment which includes a data managing device (50) and several user servers (10-90), which can communicate via different communications protocols with the data management device, and has memory devices based on FC (Fiber Channel) and IP (Internet Protocol) technology. Initially a user server (10) supplied data which is distributed to several storage device (110,120,200) and the required data is read from at least one storage device (110) depending on the communications protocol used and is then transmitted by using the communications protocol of the data required by the user server, via the data management device to this for further application. An independent claim is included for a communications system for management and preparation of data.

Michael Fehse

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Method and communications system for managing, supplying and retrieving data

Method and communication system for managing and providing data