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Patent No.:

US 8078576 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2008
Applicants:

John Power, Waterford, IE;

Edwin Tse, Montreal, CA;

Inventors:

John Power, Waterford, IE;

Edwin Tse, Montreal, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A device associated with a network provides a query for specific network management information (NMI) to a registry, and receives, based on the query, metadata associated with the specific network management information (NMI). The device also provides a request for the specific network management information (NMI) to a plurality of producer devices identified from the metadata associated with the specific network management information (NMI), and receives one or more portions of the specific network management information (NMI) from each of the plurality of producer devices. The device further combines the one or more portions of the specific network management information (NMI) to create the specific network management information (NMI).


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