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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Jarl Ove Staurnes, Fjellhamar, NO;
Nicolai Grødum, Oslo, NO;
Jarl Ove Staurnes, Fjellhamar, NO;
Nicolai Grødum, Oslo, NO;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing and monitoring communication devices in a firewall/NAT protected network from a Management system outside the firewall/NAT protected network includes periodically and at predefined events opening an http connection and transmitting a request from the respective communication devices to the Management system through a firewall/NAT installation protecting the network, and when receiving said request in the management system, transmitting instructions and data to the communication devices from the management system in a http response through said http connection.