177 results about "Auto configuration server" patented technology

A device, a system, and a method for automatically configuring application terminals in a home network are disclosed. The method is as follows. A home gateway receives identifier information of an application terminal sent by the application terminal through a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The identifier information of the application terminal is sent to a public network through a DHCP message, so as to determine a DHCP server corresponding to an automatic configuration server (ACS) of the application terminal. Address information of the ACS of the application terminal is obtained from the DHCP server on the public network through a DHCP message. The address information is transmitted to the application terminal, so that the application terminal obtains configuration information from the ACS according to the address information to perform an auto-configuration. Thus, a problem that the application terminal in a home network cannot directly obtain an ACS Universal Resource Locator (URL) through a DHCP message is solved, so that an auto-configuration of the application terminal is realized.

A system for automatically configuring server daemons in a client-server network for delivering services to a client is provided. The system comprises an interactive server in communication with a database server. The interactive server runs a server daemon to make a service available to a client. The server daemon is programmed to automatically locate, configure and edit predetermined system configuration files located in the interactive server, relative to account information associated with the client. The database server releasably retains the account information, and has a task program to generate executable and transferable tasks for use in configuring the predetermined system files. A relay server is preferably provided to enable the interactive server and the database to communicate with one another, preferably through a controller. The controller enables the client to selectably add, remove, or modify the services available from the server daemon by manipulating the account information.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for family gateway service identification which are realized on the basis of a strategy. The identification information of a family terminal is certified by an automatic configuration server, and the identification information of the terminal is reported to the automatic configuration server. After accomplishing certification, the automatic configuration server inquires the service information of the terminal from a service application system by using the identification information of the terminal, and then makes a request for obtaining a strategy matched with the service from a strategy server by using the terminal service information obtained. The terminal service flow strategy obtained by the automatic configuration server from the strategy server is sent to the family gateway. The family gateway realizes the identification and the control to the service flow through the identification information and the control method contained in the strategy. The system and the method of the present invention have the advantages that the service flow identification is accurate, the realization is simple, the operation is nimble, and the system and the method are easy for deployment and implementation.

A load balancer in a server farm automatically detects the addition of a server to a pool, decides on a proper configuration of the added server, and automatically configures the added server. A network configuration event such as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) event is used as the basis for detecting the addition of the server. The load balancer determines how to configure the added server according to a predetermined approach. For example, the added server can replicate a configuration of the highest priority service in an existing pool.

A system for remote device management includes in a network an auto-configuration server managing device, at least one database, and a plurality of auto-configuration servers. The auto-configuration server managing device and the database are coupled in a communicative connection. The database holds information for identification of electronic devices. The auto-configuration server managing device is arranged for communication with a manageable electronic device over the network. The auto-configuration server manager is further being arranged for:

• • receiving a request from the manageable electronic device for configuration data,
  • determining an identification of the manageable electronic device by comparing the request with the information for identification of electronic devices of the database,
  • determining an identification of an auto-configuration server from the plurality of auto-configuration servers in accordance with the identification of the manageable electronic device.

The utility model relates to a method, a device and a system to realize configuration management to devices in a network. The applicable system in the utility model comprises a first device and a second device; wherein, the first device and the second device correspond to different automatic configuration servers respectively; the automatic configuration server corresponding to the first device ensures the automatic configuration server corresponding to the second device to configure the first device, and the automatic configuration server corresponding to the second device triggers the configuration management to the first device. The utility model provides relevant technical proposal of configuration management when automatic configuration servers corresponding to different devices are inconsistent. For example, in the DSL system, the automatic configuration servers of relevant devices can not only automatically configure and manage the devices, but also configure and manage the devices and the services of the devices on gateways.

The invention provides a method for a home gateway to upgrade software of local-area network (LAN) equipment, which comprises the following steps: acquiring upgrade parameters for LAN equipment; and reporting the acquired upgrade parameters for the LAN equipment to an automatic configuration server which can acquire the software upgrade data for the LAN equipment according to the upgrade parameters. The invention further provides a method for an automatic configuration server to send software upgrade data, which comprises receiving the upgrade parameters for LAN equipment, which is sent by a home gateway; judging whether the LAN equipment meets upgrade requirements according to the upgrade parameters; and if meeting the upgrade requirements, acquiring the software upgrade data for the LAN equipment according to the upgrade parameters, and sending the software upgrade data to the LAN equipment or the home gateway. The invention further provides a home gateway, an automatic configuration server and a system used for the method.

A system for automatically configuring a device which is compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, said system comprising a first automatic configuration server compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, which is adapted and arranged for communicating with said device and for automatically configuring at least part of the configurable parameters of said device, said device by means of the CPE WAN Management Protocol defined in Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, wherein said system further comprises a proxy server arranged between said device and said automatic configuration server.

The invention discloses a universal play and plug (UPnP) digital home gateway device with a security mechanism, which comprises the following modules: a configuration module, a security control module, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) module, an address resolution protocol (ARP) module and an UPnP protocol suite module. The device enables the auto-configuration server to complete the remote configuration management of the home network equipment, ensures the zero-configuration network access of the equipment and the transparent data transmission of the network, and enhances the unified management and the security control of the equipment.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for managing a terminal, a home gateway and a network management system. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring first application layer address information of the terminal by the home gateway through second application layer address information of the terminal, and forwarding a conversation connecting request from an automatic configuration server to the terminal according to the first application layer address information of the terminal so as to ensure that a conversation connection is established between the terminal and the automatic configuration server; and after the conversation connection is established, forwarding a management message from the automatic configuration server to the terminal so as to ensure that the terminal obtains self management according to the management message. By the method, the home gateway and the network management system, the purpose that the automatic configuration server uniformly manages the terminal through the home gateway based on a TR069 protocol is achieved.

The invention discloses a method and a device for managing user terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: the user terminal equipment acquires the IP address information of a public network through a home gateway; the user terminal equipment adds port mapping rules on the home gateway, and acquires an open port number; and the user terminal equipment sends a notification message to an automatic configuration server, wherein the notification message carries the IP address information of the public network and the open port number, so that the automatic configuration server can manage the user terminal equipment. By the invention, the user terminal equipment can be managed simply.

The present invention discloses a method of automatic configuration server which is related to the automatic configuration terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: the network management system configures the automatic configuration server address on the local end equipment, which is connected with the terminal equipment; the corresponding relationship between the terminal equipment and the automatic configuration server address is stored in the local end equipment; an operation and maintenance management channel between the local end equipment and the terminal equipment is built in the local end equipment; and the local end equipment adopts the built operation and maintenance management channel to configure and store the automatic configuration server address and security policy, which are related to the terminal equipment. The method can be used for rapidly and efficiently configuring the address of the server which is related to the automatic configuration terminal equipment, so as to achieve the purposes of improving the efficiency of operation and maintenance of the operator and saving the costs of operation and maintenance. The method greatly facilitates the management over remote terminals.

The invention relates to a system, device and method for handling a configuration request. The system comprises a plurality of auto-configuration servers and an auto-configuration server management device communicatively coupled to the plurality of auto-configuration servers. The auto-configuration server management device is arranged for communication over the network with a manageable electronic device, and is arranged for receiving the configuration request from the manageable electronic device. One or more auto-configuration servers that can handle the configuration request are identified based on the identification of the manageable electronic device. The load of the one or more identified auto-configuration servers is analyzed, and based on the load analysis, an auto-configuration server is selected as destination address for the configuration request. The invention improves the configuration of customer premises devices.

The invention discloses an implementation method and a system for a virtual private network (VPN) service. The method comprises the following steps that: a VPN management platform receives VPN account number information from a VPN user and acquires corresponding gateway information according to the information on correspondence between the VPN account number and the gateway; the VPN management platform generates VPN parameter configuration information corresponding to the gateway and sends the VPN parameter configuration information to an auto-configuration server (ACS) management platform; the ACS management platform forwards the VPN parameter configuration information to the corresponding gateway; and the corresponding gateway receives and loads the VPN parameter configuration information. In the invention, the VPN management platform and the ACS management platform are used for collaborative operation, so that the unified management of VPN service for the enterprise gateway is realized, VPN configuration discrepancy between an end-to-end mode and a remote access mode of the enterprise gateway is eliminated, and the problems of complicated management and difficult maintenance of gateway VPN configuration are solved.

The invention relates to a management system of a TR069 protocol based large-scale interactive TV terminal. The management system comprises a management server and an ACS (auto-configuration server) cluster. The management server is the entrance to the management system of the large-scale interactive TV terminal, and the ACS server cluster is connected with the external interactive TV terminal via the management server. The management server is used for coordinately managing the scale of ACS servers in the ACS server cluster and distributing the ACS servers for the interactive TV terminal. The ACS server cluster is used for performing management including configuring, diagnosing and upgrading the interactive TV terminal. The ACS servers can be deployed in large scales, and the advantages like high reliability, high fault tolerance and capability of extending as required can be achieved.

The invention discloses a passive optical network service configuration method and system. The method comprises that: after a passive optical network element management system (PON EMS) receives a command for establishing an optical network unit (ONU) issued by a service activation system, the ONU is established on an optical line terminal (OLT); after the PON EMS receives the an ONU service activation command issued by the service activation system, service configuration information of an OLT side is issued to the OLT, and the service configuration information of an ONU side is converted into a corresponding ONU configuration file and then uploaded to a configuration file server. The high-efficiency and reliable ONU plug-and-play service configuration open method based on a file transmission protocol is realized via the passive optical network service configuration method.

The invention provides a method and a device for configuring a network device. The method and the device for configuring the network device are applied to an automatic configuration server; executing a network plan and generating a corresponding configuring document for the network device in the network by the automatic configuration server according to the network plan; configuring a device mark of the network device and mapping the device mark to the configuring document; sending the access parameter information of the automatic configuration server to the network device through a mobile communication network; receiving the configuring request sent by the network device on the basis of the access parameter information of the automatic configuration server; and sending the corresponding configuring document or the obtaining method of the configuring document to the network device, wherein when the obtaining method of the configuring document is sent only, the network device can further obtain the configuring document through the obtaining method. The method and the device for configuring the network device have the beneficial effects of satisfying the configuring management of the network device under various network environments. Since a complex configuring process does not need to be conducted by a user, and the complexity of the configuring work is reduced.

A computer system and program product for building a server according to specifications. There are a multiplicity of program objects to install a respective multiplicity of programs on the server. First program instructions determine a plurality of the program objects which currently have prerequisite software and parameters for their respective applications. Second program instructions concurrently invoke the plurality of program objects. At least one of the plurality of program objects, after execution, invokes another of the program objects, supplying a prerequisite parameter for the other program object.

Architecture of server/client is adopted in the invention. The method includes following steps. Computers with multiple network cards being installed at client end are connected to network composed of multiple servers. Next, network cards are scanned so as to obtain IP address of each network card. Server is manual assigned or automatic configured for each piece of network card by referencing server list, and structure of configured parameters of the network card is built. Finally, based on structure of configured parameters, testing is carried out for multiple network cards at same time, and connection testing is carried out for pointed any piece of network card. The invention prevents that program-reporting error occurs at testing end caused by no real time answer to lots of service requests since server in busy state. Thus, situation of putting key point on testing network card is reduced greatly if errors happen caused by network jam.

The invention provides a conversion method for a CWMP (CPE WAN Management Protocol) and a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol in terminal management. A process of requesting message conversion comprises the following steps of: receiving a request message of the CWMP sent by an automatic configuration server by a home gateway, judging whether a long-distance calling method is used for operating a data model or not, and converting the request message into a configuration management service order or a basic management service order; and packaging the configuration management service order or the basic management service order to be a UPnP protocol message, and sending the UPnP protocol message to UPnP equipment. A process of responding the message conversion comprises the following steps of: after the home gateway receives a response message which is returned back from the UPnP equipment, judging that an error code in the response message is equal to 0 or not; if so, reversely converting the request message; if not, converting error codes of the UPnP protocol and the CWMP; and finally, packaging a reversely-converted order or the error code into a response message of the CWMP, and sending the response message to the automatic configuration server. According to the conversion method, a rule followed by protocol conversion can be provided, so that proxy equipment and a proxy system of a home network terminal can be managed in a long distance manner.

An embodiment of the invention relates to a network administration method, a system, a terminal and an automatic collocation server, wherein the network management method comprises the following steps: obtaining the administration authority parameter which is used for identifying the administration authority that is allowed by the terminal for administrating the terminal by the automatic collocation server; obtaining the administration strategy corresponding with the administration authority parameter according to the correspondence relationship information between the administration authority parameter and the administration strategy; and administrating the terminal according to the administrating strategy. The embodiment of the invention allows the authority of user for participating to decide the administration authority of terminal device administrated by the automatic collocated server for participating into the network management. The administration authority of user is increased and the legitimate interest of terminal device user can be effectively ensured.

The present invention relates to obtaining information (I₅) relating to a local environment of a terminal (1) of a local network and to providing (E₉) the terminal, via an application server (9), with at least one service adapted both as a function of the information (I₇) relating to an access session of the terminal and the information (I₅) relating to a local environment of the terminal. According to the invention, the local environment information of the terminal (I₅) is obtained from an autoconfiguration server (5) via a session server (7) and it is provided to the application server (9).

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for managing equipment in batches, a gateway, an automatic configuration server and an automatic configuration system. The method includes: establishing batch manage groups according to group rules of the batch manage groups and equipment information in a network; receiving a batch manage order for equipment in the batch manage groups and transmitted by the automatic configuration server; determining equipment requiring management in the batch manage groups according to the batch manage order; converting the batch manage order into an order supported by the equipment requiring management, and transmitting the order supported by the equipment requiring management to the equipment requiring management. According to above method, batch management for equipment in the network covered by the gateway is realized.

A method and apparatus for upgrading software in a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) that exchanges Inform messages with a server over an Internet Protocol (IP) network are provided. The software upgrade method includes, upon receiving a download request message from an Automatic Configuration Server (ACS) remotely controlling the CPE, rebooting in an upgrade mode after storing upgrade execution information included in the download request message, acquiring a software image for upgrade from an upgrade server based on the stored upgrade execution information after rebooting in the upgrade mode, updating an old software image with the acquired software image, and rebooting in a normal mode after completing the update of the old software image.