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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Lundy Lewis, Mason, NH (US);
Russell Arrowsmith, Merrimack, NH (US);
Utpal Datta, Bedford, NH (US);
David Taylor, Durham, NH (US);
Cabletron Systems, Inc., Rochester, NH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for distributed object filtering of objects transferred between a client and server. The objects may be alarms transferred between a network management server and one or more network management applications. The apparatus and method further includes applying a plurality of policy-based filters to the alarms. The filters may be named and stored in a database, and application of the policy-based filters may be scheduled for different times. The same policy-based filters may be applied to one or more multiple network management applications. The system and method provides increased performance and reliability of passing objects from a server to a client application.