Appeal No. 96-3368 Page 2
Application No. 07/735,020
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a hierarchically distributed network management
system which uses OSI protocols. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A management system for a communications network containing a
plurality of network nodes interconnected by transmission lines, said
management system providing management control on said
communications network using OSI (Open System Interconnection)
protocols, and comprising:
a central management station comprising a central-station memory
for storing attributes of managed objects which are supervised by the central
management station, request entry means for issuing an access request,
and control means responsive to the access request for making access to
the central-station memory if the access request is concerned with the
attributes stored in the central-station memory or transmitting a request to
one of a plurality of first control lines if the access request is not concerned
with the attributes stored in the central-station memory; and
a plurality of remote management stations respectively coupled to
said central management station through said first control lines and
respectively coupled through a plurality of second control lines to said
network nodes,
each of the remote management stations comprising:
a remote-station memory for storing attributes of managed objects
supervised by the remote management station;
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