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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2002
Hugh S. Njemanze, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hector Aguilar-macias, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiang Zeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Christian Friedrich Beedgen, San Jose, CA (US);
Pravin S. Kothari, San Jose, CA (US);
Hugh S. Njemanze, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hector Aguilar-Macias, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiang Zeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Christian Friedrich Beedgen, San Jose, CA (US);
Pravin S. Kothari, San Jose, CA (US);
ArcSight, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for the receipt of a heartbeat message transmitted from a software agent within a host machine to a server-based agent manager. The server-based agent manager analyzes the heartbeat message to determine the identity of the sending software agent. The server-based agent manager then determines what information is to be included in a response message to the software agent. The server-based agent manager prepares the response message to be sent to the software agent. The server-based agent manager transmits the response message to the software agent over a bi-directional communication link between the software agent and the server-based agent manager. The software agent receives the response message; deserializes the response message; reviews the instructions within the response message; and performs operations necessary to carry out the instructions delivered in the response message.