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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Frederick Michael Armanino, San Antonio, TX (US);
Peter A. Wong, Newark, CA (US);
Mengfeng Tsai, Fremont, CA (US);
Theresa Jayne Lees, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Frederick Michael Armanino, San Antonio, TX (US);
Peter A. Wong, Newark, CA (US);
Mengfeng Tsai, Fremont, CA (US);
Theresa Jayne Lees, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for storing element information. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, creating a structured text object that includes information representing a collection of metrics for a tracked network node. The network node may be, for example, a computing device, a communication link, and/or an interface mechanism. In practice, the text object may be compressed into a binary element, and the binary element may be stored in a data store.