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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Sergio P. Bonilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Hai-yann Hwang, San Jose, CA (US);
Karsten Jancke, Frankfurt, DE;
Thorsten Schaefer, Mainz, DE;
Xin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Cindy Zhou, Fremont, CA (US);
Sergio P. Bonilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Hai-Yann Hwang, San Jose, CA (US);
Karsten Jancke, Frankfurt, DE;
Thorsten Schaefer, Mainz, DE;
Xin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Cindy Zhou, Fremont, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture for managing devices, wherein in certain embodiments a request implemented via at least one device independent class is received. A class hierarchy database is traversed to determine at least one device specific class that corresponds to the at least one device independent class, wherein the class hierarchy database stores a class hierarchy and associations between classes. The received request is modified, wherein in the modified request the least one device independent class has been translated to the at least one device specific class.