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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Sanjeev Ukhalkar, Fremont, CA (US);
Anil Vasireddy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David F. Hinnant, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06K 19/00 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); H04L 41/0856 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for streamlining a network management system (NMS) includes scanning, via a mobile device, a code on a hardware or software component; and determining, via the mobile device, whether the hardware or software component is a network component (NC), based on the scanned code. The hardware or software component may be a call manager, server, client device, interface card, repeater, hub, bridge, switch, router, or firewall, for example.